We’d both had hardships in the past and vowed never to suffer again. So we packed our bags, our furniture, moved to Miami, and got married. Here, we had an idyllic lifestyle and before long, we didn’t recognized those two women who’d struggled for so long.
Candice didn’t have a relationship with her father. He’d not been happy about her coming out. Her mother and four sisters, though, had no problems at all. Unfortunately, her father had forbidden her mother from contacting her, so whenever they caught up, it always had to be in secret.
When I came on the scene, I encouraged Candice to visit her father to see if he’d mellowed over the years. He had somewhat, but things between them would never be the same. Candice had always been like a son to him, tinkering with machinery, helping him w
