“Is this for real, or some freakishly vivid acid flashback?” I was six years old the first time I laid eyes on Billy Warren. Around the same time that Joey Martino was abandoning Amelia in that hotel room? her younger sister, Sophie, was being kicked out of the house. Because she was pregnant too. Apparently the elder Mrs. Warren subscribed to the Mommy Dearest style of parenting—wire hangers and all. Anyway, five years later, Sophie died in a drug den from a meth overdose. The state took custod...y of Billy until they were able to track down his only living relative, Amelia Warren. Delores stayed with us for the weekend while her mother drove to California to get him. Amelia walked into the group home and saw a small, hollowed-eyed little boy in a ripped black T-shirt. And from that moment on, Billy was hers—even though she hadn’t given birth to him. Twisted_1P.indd 108 11/18/13 11:47 AM t w i s t E d 109 For the first four months that Billy lived with Amelia and Delores, he didn’t speak.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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