My Stepdad Raised Me From the Age of Four—Then, in a Hospital Bed, He Whispered Something That Left Me in Tears

around that name.

“Her name was Miley.”

“Frank was married before he met your mother,” Caroline revealed. “Miley was his daughter.”

I gripped the photograph by its edges.

“Where is she?”

Caroline’s eyes lowered.

“She died when she was five.”

The words landed softly, which made them hurt more.

“She died when she was five.”

“There was an accident at a lake. It continue reading …