Brigette Davis

So there was no need to work and sort of struggle with keeping the secret.

It was natural and easy to keep that secret.

And we all did.

I don't think I processed it that way for years.

We lived well from my memory.

It was my normal.

And so I didn't think about my mom.

Oh, she's successful.

I thought we're doing well at this.

That's how I looked at it.

And so that's how I always viewed it.

until I was an adult and began to see the toll it was taking We'll be right back

My mom never made it known that that was going on.

And that's why I always call her an incredible domestic magician.

The sleight of hand she had to use to make sure none of us were constantly stressed out by the possibility of these sort of busts happening.

Now, she did do some practical things.

She had a big safe that she kept, a combination safe that she kept in her closet.

That's where she kept the money.

That's where she kept the day's business.

We had an incinerator in our basement and she burned her tickets and proof of the business on a weekly basis.