I woke to strangers touring my childhood home.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharming original hardwood floors,\u201d a man announced outside my bedroom.<\/p>\n
Someone was selling the house while I was still sleeping in it.<\/p>\n
Dad had died just six weeks earlier. I\u2019d moved home after college and stayed to care for him when he became ill.<\/p>\n
My older sister, Alicia, handled the funeral while I struggled with grief. I trusted her completely.<\/p>\n
Dad always said my sister would be there when everything fell apart.<\/p>\n
I never imagined she might be the reason it did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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