She squeezed her lips between her teeth at the selfishness she was witnessing with this young woman. “Peyton, she was and is scared. Her own mother swore up and down it was a misunderstanding. Eric is the only person his sister has. He’s the bread earner in his family. I don’t ask how he does it, but he’s the one who has been putting food on her table and clothes on her back and protecting her from a s*x offender. Now, I do agree, we should never allow a person who is out to harm us control our lives but Peyton, Eric’s sister is not doing anything to willfully cause Eric harm. She’s a child and she is terrified. The man who was given a restraining order after assaulting her was allowed to move back into her home with her mother’s blessing. Eric is the one looking out for her. She loves hi
