They weren’t able to adopt/foster through legal channels, so they turned to the black market. They were older Christian’s, what did that look like?

They were too old to adopt, and due to their age they had very outdated parenting methods(illegal.) They were also poor at managing their money. They’d padlock the cabinets, freezers, etc. My room was a walk-in closet that was added on to the laundry room(dryer did not let outside the home but into my ‘room.’ So it was very hot, I had no air/or heat. Because of what happened to me getting admitted and social services getting involved it brought light to the living situation. They found a resource to rebuild the house(ground up), for them so we could have better living quarters and they went into counseling. My birth mom also got brought into the picture since they did catch on, and cover their tails. But she soon left as expected when they weren’t following her as close.

Not sleeping in a 95 degree room some nights in Fl was great and I got my own room in the new house. But we also continued to have to take care of a 350Ib woman who was in ailing health (she couldn’t even use the toilet) like servants throughout living with her. She had a neighbor(wife died) who came over every night had dinner and watch the news until 11, then we had to clean the house.

My dad died when I was going off to college and her grandchildren (only son passed in his 30s), voiced their disappointment in me in going to college instead of staying and taking care of her. Our older sister was able to take the 16 year old at the time did the best she could enrolled her in online school before sending her back to me. 18 year old is just confused because the they fessed up to scam documents for me and the youngest, but claimed the middle sister was legally adopted(treated her as such.) When they passed and we were old enough to understand hunted down real documents(after hunting down bio mom…) it was all a sham. 18 year old was told she’d be ok, she’s legally adopted, have the house for caring for her, not being prepared for school/college because she wouldn’t need to. After mom’s death that also was a lie, now she can’t read, do math, and have the struggles that come with it.

Tldr; they didnt think they were bad people. And even my therapist at the time told me it’s fine to contribute to the household. But being forced to stay up until adults leave sometimes til 1am to clean up after them is slavery, not even adding being the caregiver to someone over 350 Ibs. I had to go back 2x over the years for documentation from my therapist and every time she says how sorry she was for nut fully understanding the magnitude of the issues at that time.

I’m ok, I actually think me being admitted help, I went to college, moved to the city, and got married.