At My 16th Birthday, My Dad Threw $10 At Me And Told Me To Get Out. I Smiled — And Handed Him An Envelope He Was Never Meant To See.

Vicki did bookkeeping from home. Meanwhile, Knox—Lester’s son from his first marriage—seemed to live in a different economic reality. New clothes, hockey gear, summer camps, a car when he turned sixteen. When I asked why things were different, Lester always said the same thing: “Knox’s mother pays child support. You think money grows on trees?”

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