Shattered Party, Fierce Comeback

osed to be a golden celebration under g

ted by my adoptive father, David, and his new "family" -a con

tepbrother, slapping me across the face, then violently shoving my

ouder betrayal than any scream. Sarah and Melody, with their practiced innocen

this? What had happened t

would never betray me: my biological mother, Evelyn Sterling, who was suppose

arper than any blade: "My recovery is over. It was a

hey had declared war