My Parents Threw Me Out at 16 After I Lost My Leg—19 Years Later, They Came Back Demanding $1 Million for My Sister
“What are we supposed to do with you now?”
I was ten.
That sentence became the beginning of everything.
Before cancer, I was Valerie.
Afterward, I became:
The burden.
Chloe was two years younger.
She still got dance classes.