SLOANE

“Yes I did.” There was a long pause and then she replied. “I know the daughter I birthed. There’s no way she could have done what you’re alleging her of.” She spoke like I’d come all the way down here to lie against her precious daughter who’s a saint.

Somehow, it made my heart break. Then again, I realized this was what I have been dealing with since I was a kid. It wasn’t new.

I have never received any sort of affection from the woman that’s supposedly my ...