My parents didn’t come to my wedding and went to Big Sur with my brother instead, but later they regretted it because of what I did… My name is Elena Petrova, and for most of my life I played the role my parents wrote for me: the “responsible one,” the “easy one,” the daughter who didn’t need much. My brother Dimitri got the spotlight—every birthday turned into his celebration, every problem became a family emergency, and every plan somehow bent around him. So when I got en… See more