The Spare Daughter
Language: en
The second year the Vance family adopted me, their biological daughter was born. They swore never to be biased. I spent a happy childhood. At eighteen, I was kidnapped into the deep mountains of Appalachia, suffered torture, escaped back deaf in both ears. Family's guilt all poured onto me, but ignored younger sister's stomach pain. Until she was terminal stomach cancer, last words were accusing parents of favoring me this outsider, not caring about biological daughter, next life absolutely not be Vance family member. Parents collapsed, drove me out of house. Only brother secretly…