Chapter 1The Custody Battle: Three Families in One House

My parents' marriage was a business arrangement, entirely devoid of love.

My mom would make out with her young boy toys right in front of my dad, and my dad brazenly photoshopped his "the one that got away" into our family portrait and used it as his phone's lock screen.

The only reason they didn't divorce was because they wanted to give me a "complete family."

But recently, the winds have shifted.

My dad's first love moved back to the States.

And the high school sweetheart my mom thought was dead? He's alive.

So, they started talking about divorce.

But they both wanted full custody of me.

In court, my mom pulled out a kitchen knife, threatening to remove her uterus on the spot to prove she wouldn't have any more kids.

My dad pulled out a pair of scissors, threatening to castrate himself.

I was incredibly moved by their love for me.

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When my grandma caught them, I was reading a comic book, and my mom was making out with her new boy toy.

My grandma was so furious she immediately called my dad, demanding he come over right away.

My mom wasn't scared in the slightest.

She just kept flirting with her new boy toy.

I called her new boy toy "Uncle Tommy."

When I got tired of reading my comic book, Uncle Tommy would read it to me.

My grandma stood to the side, furious, yelling at my mom.

She called her a tramp and said the Sterling family didn't owe her anything.