"No, of course not. They love you and you love them. Now, this ain't none of my business and you can tell me to shut up...but if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say they did it to protect you." Tommy said gently.

"I know, I know...people toss out that kind of reasonin' when they're doin' somethin' they don't want someone to know about. But if your bio-dad is really as bad you say he is, and it sounds like he is, then they didn't want you to look him and judge yourself by his life." Tommy said.

"You're your own woman, Rose. The people who love you make you, even if the people who make you don't love you, as my old man used to say."