That is the hardest thing I have to carry, and I carry it still.

For a long time I had imagined that exposing her would fix everything.

It did not.

The truth does not magically repair the devastation of a long lie.

It only stops the lie from continuing, and gives the survivors solid ground to begin the slow rebuilding on, which is a great deal, and is not the same as healing.

Evelyn faced many felony counts — abduction, forgery, record tampering, extortion.

Several adults who had taken children through her, knowing the papers were false, faced charges too.