such as her Uncle who poisoned the family, and men in general; never herself. If Faye simply spoke of her past, apologized to Anna, and moved onto the future instead of living in the past, than this poison would have been stopped. But her family raised her not to speak about her mistakes. Her whole family, starting at the roots was based on secrets and living in the past. She chose to follow the family roots, in doing so she passed on the poison to her daughter Ruby and Jasmine, instilling in them the practice of keeping secrets and blaming outside sourses for bad things in their life. In the ninth story, The Secret Letters, we learned about Steven Pen, ho is poisoned by his seacret son whom he had with Pauline. Unfotuantly for Steven, his father had a secret also. Pauline was his secret daughter, which meant that Pauline and Steven were half brother and sister. Steven is different than some of the others the family, although for the most part of the story he is poisoned, he was able to, in the end rid his inner poison. Steven Pen, who is the speaker, was never told that Pauline was his sister. They had a child together out of wedlock. Steve was told by his father to forget about Pauline; he listened to his father and stood her up. Steven moved on with his life yet his secret poison stayed with him and grew stronger. The thought of Tony, his secret son consumed his mind. Eventually he began to secretly write letters to Tony incognito as a teenage girl. Steven soon confessed to Tony about the letters and about being his father. In doing this, he was able to break free of his poison. He didn't have his secret to consume him any longer, he could now talk about his past openly. Steven was able to move on with his life and embrace Tony openly as his son, which is what he longed for all along. In the eighth story called Indian maid, we learn how one can use the Toms family poisen in a positive way. Stella. Zeldas yo...
