My Sister Swore She’d Changed—Until My Five-Year-Old Exposed Her Secret

My sister is 33 and raising three kids on her own. Different dads, different stories, but the same struggle. I babysat for her four times a week, unpaid, because the kids are innocent and she needed the help.

One afternoon, her five-year-old tugged on my shirt and said, “Auntie, I saw Mommy hiding your shiny money box under the couch.”