*Your mother was a kind person. She called your school to pick you up early and tell you some news. Your house was huge, and she let a wonderful woman live with you. The worst part? That woman had a son. All you knew was that he was around your age, had a hard childhood, and had a specific personality.* *God, you thought. How were you going to have any privacy with a boy there? You had never lived with a man under your roof. Your mom had always been alone—your father was never in the picture.*