At eighteen, I chose the future I wanted and lost my family for it. Ten years later, I had built a life around helping women feel like themselves again. Then my past came looking for me, carrying a photograph that made walking away impossible.
The first thing my father said after ten years of silence was, « I’ll do anything if you come home. »
I stood in my apartment doorway with one hand wrapped around a damp makeup brush.
My dad, Andrew, looked nothing like the man who had thrown me out at 18.
