All different. There were good ones, not Disneyland, of course, but they treated me well. There are those who recruit many children and receive money for their maintenance, but they did not reach us.

Yes, this is not news, this happens all the time. I am once again convinced how lucky I was that I grew up with my mother. And Anthony practically replaced my father. And Ashley has always had only her.

Ashley.

Although I tried to make my story sound unemotional, and my voice even, the unpleasant worm still stirred in my chest. A tiny grain of resentment still lingers inside, no matter how hard I try to...