The night before Leola died, she saw a call come in from Adele. I knew she must've misunderstood a lot—about Adele, and about my so-called adoptive mother. She didn't know that Adele was the daughter of Effie—Stevie's illegitimate child. That same night, Effie died. After calling me again and again—screaming, cursing, completely unhinged—Adele lost control, jumped from a high-rise, and died on the