My mother remained calm. "We fed you, clothed you, and paid for your schooling. We gave you a good life. But how did your trafficker parents treat my daughter?
"They starved her, barely gave her clothes, and wouldn't even let her go to school. If she hadn't fought her way into college and found us herself, we might never have found her.
"Celine suffered for years because of your family. The fact that I haven't made you pay for every bit of it means I've already shown you more mercy than you deserve."
Lydia sobbed until she could barely catch her breath, but none of those things had been her doing.
Still, my parents couldn't let go of the anger. Their precious daughter had suffered so much, and they couldn't understand why she had deserved any of it. No matter what I looked like or wher
