During the morning hours, the mansion was chaos. Family from further away were packing their things up to get ready to head back home, and many of the women were in the kitchen, including Silas’s sister, who isn’t much younger than I am.

Silas’s oldest sister Charlotte was incredibly sweet, and she was pretty girly. She and Liz got along well. Charlotte was nearly a year younger than us. Silas seemed protective of all of his siblings. Ciara and Shane adored Silas—I didn’t ...