FIFTY FIVE

"Then that means," I look at Sarah, sleeping in my arms. "Sarah, is your mom too?"

"Right again, my dear Claire."

"But I thought Vera is your mom?"

"That bitch is no mother of mine. She had to treat me like one because she was infertile. My dad had raped Sarah when she was his nurse, my old man still can shoot his little army, but Sarah didn't love my father. A month after I was born, Sarah left me. She joined the army to be their nurse and soon had an affair with Don's father as she was later pregnant with Don. But because Don's father was already married, she had to let go of the man she loves and live with her brutal boyfriend raising Don."

I continue to listen to this side story of Don's life mixed in with Eddie.

"Don had all the attention with Sarah to the point where she had forgotten about me. At the age of eight, I hired someone to look for Sarah. Vera never loved me; I already knew she was not my birth mother. So I sought out my biological mother." Eddie let out a chuckle an