Vanessa stiffened and pulled back to examine her mother. She'd told her mama a long time ago that she didn't like Aunt Callista's house and didn't want her as a babysitter anymore … although she hadn't told her the real reason.

Aunt Callista was her mother's half sister. Mama hadn't even known that she had a half sister until after her Daddy's death. Aunt Callista and her mother had showed up at the funeral knowing all about Leelah and her mother. And to Leelah's surprise ...