The Family Facade

The hypocrisy of those two women turns my stomach.

Mother?

When had Noreen Mercer ever acted like a mother to me?

I never received a hug from her, a word of encouragement, or even the smallest gesture of affection. The only things I ever knew were insults, humiliation, and the lashes of that switch she struck across my back so many times until it was covered in scars.

And hearing Fiona call hersel