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My sister d.ie.d giving birth to triplets. That day, I vowed to raise them as my own children—to protect them from their father, Julien, whose dependence on alcohol had already destroyed so many lives. For five years, I was everything to them: their refuge, their anchor, the only father they had ever known. I believed we were finally safe. That Julien was gone forever. The first sign was silence. Our street had never known calm: always a barking dog, a humming lawnmower, children laughing at the