It was hard for me to listen to them fight, because I loved them all so much. I just wished, over time, they could find a happy medium. That was why I did my best to be a good girl. There was already so much tension in my home, and I didn’t want to add any more stress to the situation, or add more stress to Mom’s already heavily laden shoulders. I was a perfect little princess. I didn’t drink. I didn’t do drugs. I never, ever skipped school. My grades were all As, and if there was ever extra credit, I was all over it. I was a star student, an easy kid to raise, all because I knew my house was
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