Throughout his childhood, Mike OβConnorβs family pretended to be normal. But Mike and his two younger sisters knew that their parents were hiding somethingβa secret they didnβt dare talk about. The family appeared to be no different from any of their small-town Texas neighborsβthat is, until suddenly, the OβConnorβs would flee, leaving with only a few hoursβ notice, abandoning houses and pets and possessions and running across the border to Mexico.
For all of Mikeβs adolescence, OβConnor family life alternated between relative comfort and abject povertyβsometimes within a matter of days. From living in a Texas ranch house to living in two rented rooms in an impoverished Mexican village, the OβConnors never knew what lay aheadβonly that they must not draw attention to themselves. Though their parents steadfastly denied it, the children knew that something was chasing themβa past that hovered like an invisible enemy, always waiting to strike, always in pursuit.
But it was not until much later, after his parentsβ deaths, that Mike OβConnor, now an investigative reporter, was able to uncover the truth about his familyβs past. As the secrets were unlocked one by one and the long trail of deception unfurled, Mike faced the heart-wrenching ramifications of his parentsβ actionsβand made a discovery that shook his family loyalty to its core.
Full of incredible details of a life lived on both sides of the border, in near-poverty and near-wealth, Mike OβConnorβs account is a real-life suspense story of childhood mysteries and strange circumstances that will enthrall readers to its very end.
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