The Rolls-Royce Mansion Journal

“The walls of the Rolls-Royce Mansion were thick, but they couldn't muffle the sounds of a family falling apart.”

Living in that massive mansion felt more like a cage than a luxury. Lori really captures how walls can hold secrets that the neighbors never see.

Wealth doesn't fix a broken family dynamic. It just gives people more rooms to hide from each other in.

“Status was the only currency my mother believed in.”

The way her mother clung to appearances was heartbreaking. She cared more about the polish on the silver than the bruises on her heart.

Growing up fast is a survival tactic. Lori had to learn to read the room before she even learned to read a map.