He Saw the Signs
When Steve thought about it, the clues were always there. They seemed normal at the time, but looking back, Steve realized that Joanie’s protectiveness stood out from the rest of his siblings. He knew that his relationship with his family would never be the same.
Buried Once Again
Steve was furious, sad, and betrayed. For fifteen years, they never spoke of it again. Like all things, his family swept it under the rug, and they continued to function as normally as they could. “We just didn’t talk about it,” Steve said. “And it sounds melodramatic to me, but I changed that day.”