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The smoke from the massive charcoal grill drifted lazily through the sprawling oak trees of my mother\u2019s backyard, mingling with the suffocating sound of forced, performative laughter. It was a picturesque Sunday afternoon in late June, the kind of day that should have felt like a Norman Rockwell painting. But for me, thirty-two-year-old Andrea Collins, entering my family\u2019s property was always like stepping into an active psychological minefield.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chapter 1: The Sunday Cookout The smoke from the massive charcoal grill drifted lazily through the sprawling oak trees of my mother\u2019s backyard, mingling with the suffocating sound of forced, performative laughter. It was a picturesque Sunday afternoon in late June, the kind of day that should have felt like a Norman Rockwell painting. But…<\/p>\n

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