At 18, I Fought to Keep My 7 Siblings Together — Then One Photo Exposed the Truth About Our Parents

deny it. She straightened up and smoothed the front of her blazer and said that she only had their best interests at heart, and I walked her to the door, and I closed it behind her, and I stood in the hallway with my forehead against the wood for about thirty seconds before going back to whatever I had been doing.