They Tried to Take Her House Until the Attorney Opened the Folder

did not let Alyssa come over to cry in the living room she had tried to claim.

When her father mailed a note, Brooke opened it only because Melissa told her not to ignore anything that arrived in writing.

It was not much of an apology.

It said he was sorry things had become complicated.

Brooke read that line twice.

Then she placed the letter in the folder continue reading …