The Breaking Point. Mariella Starr

When I told her no, and suggested she needed to go back to her doctor, she swore at me, and called me horrible names. She looked so angry she scared me. I thought she was going to attack me!”

      Ales sighed. “And, of course, you didn’t tell me, because I would have passed it off as her harmless behavior. I’m sorry, truly sorry.

      “Jill, Carrie, and I have been asking ourselves that same question. How did we miss the real problems? Maybe, we didn’t want to see it. I may or may not make it back here tomorrow night. It depends on how the intervention goes. I’m not looking forward to it.”

      “I don’t think the others are either, but I’m going to skip this family meeting,” Faith said.