The Only Door That Opened When the Others Closed

house if it meant they had to share custody of you. It was simpler for them to sign you over to me.”

“And you let them,” Ivy said.

“They were going to leave you at a state facility in Columbus if I did not sign,” Carol said. “I had three hundred dollars in my savings account, but I signed the papers anyway.”

Ivy turned her silver ring continue reading …