My Mom, the Real Bloodsucker
In the video, my small hands fumbled with the phone while I looked up at her, confused and scared.
"Be a good boy, Sawyer. Your daddy's a softie. As long as you cry, he'll give you whatever you want.
"Just tell him that my business went under and there's no money for your school fees. Tell him to send money right away."
A floodgate opened in my memory. All the moments I'd forced myself to forget, the ones she'd papered over with "we're family," came rushing back with brutal clarity.
The footage cut to another scene again. This time, it showed Mom and Uncle Keith in an office, with an audio recording capturing them scheming about how to cook the books and quietly siphon the money Dad had inve