They Burned My Memories for Their Real Daughter,Then the Truth Came Out

Back in our hometown, when a child comes of age, the whole family builds a bonfire tower for them and sets it alight.

It's meant to promise a bright, blazing life ahead, and a career that climbs higher every year.

Three days before the celebration, my father and brother spent two months building one with their own hands, a bonfire tower seven meters tall.

Lesley Dickerson gasped with delight.

"Seven meters. That's the tallest tower in the whole village this year!"

Mom laughed and ruffled the top of her head.