My mother had gone through so much, the last thing she needed was Frank and his problems.
'Whatever you need, ask me for it, I will do my best to provide it, that's why I am your mum,'
That was what mum said all the time and whatever any of us requested for, she made sure to provide. She went the extra mile for us. Something Frank could never do.
I could never get used to the fact that Frank had moved in with us and mum was making me refer to him as 'dad.'
Most of the time, I chose to ignore him but I knew I was hurting mum. The truth is, she was hurting herself and she loved the pain.
Alicia and I decided to start visiting the rest of the girls and the first person we went to see was Betty.
Betty lived very far away from us. We had to take the train to her house because Alicia hated driving for long hours.
Her home was clean and very quiet, it was almost as if it was in the middle of nowhere.
