“Fiona.

Listen to me.

You were never, ever a bad girl.

Not for one single second.

You were a brave, perfect, wonderful little girl, and you did absolutely nothing wrong.

Nothing.

The grown-ups who told you those things were lying to you, and it was never, ever your fault, and there was never any prize you failed to win, because a real family does not make a child earn love by staying silent in the dark.

And I want you to know something else.