Their father was married seven times. When their mother died at the age of thirty, Nita was seven years old and her sister, Ilene, was nine. They found themselves at the mercy of several stepmothers. Some were kind and others were cruel. Their father loved liquor, women and foul language. Was he a master manipulator or a poor soul reacting to the cards that life had dealt him? Ilene and Nita followed him from one woman to the next, never feeling loved or lovable, even by him. The sisters reacted to this treatment differently. The family secrets that were divulged through the years had a detrimental effect on the extended family. This story shows how important it is to make ethical choices that enable us to have no regrets in spite of chaos.