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For twenty years, I believed my mother had chosen a homeless man over me.<\/p>\n

I believed that every container of food she carried out the back door was proof that she cared more about Victor than her own daughter. I believed he was just some stranger living behind our house in a shelter made from tarps, old wood, and whatever scraps he could find\u2026. Continue Reading \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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