After losing my mom at sixteen, my stepmom Sharon told me, “You’re an adult now. Time to pay rent.” So I did — $500 a month, plus groceries and utilities, all while babysitting her kids and trying to finish school. I told myself it was temporary, that hard work would make me stronger. But when…
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