Gloria said Brandi had won a local contest when she was ten.

Her father had celebrated by taking her to the racetrack and telling her that winning was the greatest feeling in the world.

“I used to think that story was cute,” Gloria said.

“Now I wonder what she took away from it.”

I didn’t have an answer for her.

I knew plenty of people grow up around gambling and never hurt a child.

Brandi was responsible for the choices she made.