My mother never asked for much when we were growing up. Unlike the childhood and life she had, where rules meant life or death, she made it a point that we would never live like that. In fact, we lived quite freely with very few restrictions. But what she did have, and the one thing she took very seriously, were very strict laws when it came to the Rhys family. There are no ifs or buts about it. Anything to do with the Rhys family was simply forbidden and unacceptable by any means. She carefully and meticulously erased everything and anything that had to do with them, essentially wiping the name and family off the face of the world. Like they were never there. The Rhys name was gone in a blink of an eye. No one was allowed to speak or share or show anything regarding the Rhys. No