The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter.
Certain struggles never end.
I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens.