As expected, Leo eventually declared bankruptcy. The financial mess forced my parents to sell a second property to cover some of his debts.
Rather than accepting responsibility, they blamed me. To relatives and friends, I became the selfish daughter who refused to help her family.
But I knew the truth. I had not ruined them. I had simply stopped protecting them from the results of their own decisions.
For the first time, they were forced to deal with reality without using me as a safety net-
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