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Triumph 111.

Dev, welcome to the program.

Hi, Dr. Laura.

Hi. What can I do for you?

Well, I think I just actually started shaking as soon as you said my name.

Oh, you'll get used to it. It's okay.

Um, I would like, I don't, I believe I'm confused and maybe just needs some clarification or clarity on whether I made the right decision or not because I can't seem to let go of what I've, of the situation I went through with.

Um, when I, um, detect, I have no idea what you're talking about. So why don't you start at the beginning and tell me what's going on. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

Um, my sister. Well, first of all, my father got remarried after my mother passed and he remarried someone that he was seeing while she was passing.

So it started off that way with, with the family. I'm, I'm the oldest of four kids.

And the two girls are the, are, are still living there in town and they still have a quasi relationship with them.

The woman he married was basically in some of the jokes we have about her. She took over the meanness for him because he was quite a mean father.

He was a degrading person. He was somebody who wouldn't hesitate to call my sister a horn in front of his employees. He wouldn't hesitate to tell me I was a freak and a loser and stuff like that.

Even though I, I have a doctorate degree now and I'm doing quite well for my family.

Um, um, well, my sister, my, my youngest sister came down with a brain tumor. I, I was abroad already and, um, she was going to have to go have surgery in a different state for, for, for two weeks.

Her biggest concern was to keep my two, her two, her two kids, my nephews, in the regular flow there. And, um, I offered to go tell work for her and, and take over the second week, watch the kids, keep them in school, et cetera.

And so she accepted that and, um, unbeknownst to me at the time, apparently my dad and his wife were offended. They didn't get the two weeks.

So, um, my sister told me later on. She says they, she was hoping they would just be mature about it.

Um, and so I did show up. It was Easter Sunday. It was a regular event that my sister normally had for, for her family, her kids and, and some, some regular friends.

And, um, there was Easter at hunt. I was walking around. I had a glass of wine with me. If I wasn't doing that and talking with the guests, I was taking pictures to send to her after the event.

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