What Happened Next (And What It Taught Me)
Derek didn’t raise his voice at first.
He didn’t need to.
His calm was colder than shouting.
He laid it out clearly: she made him abandon his wife and newborn babies.
She blocked communication at the most vulnerable moment of our lives.
She broke into our home, changed the locks, and staged an eviction.
Lorraine tried to pivot into “I was protecting you.”
Derek didn’t let her.
He told her to pack and leave.
And when she cried “I’m your mother,” he answered with the line I’ll never forget:
