I Was 29 and Single When I Fought to Keep Five Siblings Together. The Judge Asked Why, and My Answer Changed Everything.
I could hear tires on wet pavement, the squeak of the car door, and my brother calling a name that belonged to me before I had learned to be alone.
‘I found some of my siblings later,’ I said.
‘Two of them I still haven’t found.
I don’t know their lives.
I don’t know if they remember me.
But I remember that day.’
Victoria stood close enough to hand me a glass of water.
I took it, though my hand shook.