It is entirely possible that my youngest sister, Eileen might have overheard my mother's last telephone conversation with me when she told me that she was going to change her will and leave her money to me. Her words, " Ann and Eileen have done well for themselves. They don't really need the money. I've helped you whenever I can because I see that you have tried, but you never had the breaks that they've had ." She told me that she felt that she had messed up when she became pregnant with me by a married man with whom she could never depend on to be a father to me. Instead, I had to endure  bullying   not only from my classmates and the neighborhood kids, but also bullying and abuse from her second husband, Andy who is Ann's father, who would beat me mercilessly just for getting a D on my report card.  Andy resented me because he had a son, Charlie whom he wanted to come live with us. Mom wasn't having it. She already had two children. That was more ...