did her mother bobbie actually give her away? shirley told pepper that rene was her sister. the two girls listened wide-eyed as shurlly explained to strangers that she was their grandmother, that her parents had been killed in an accident. i knew everything happening to us was wrong. why had she been taken? she didn t know. not for money certainly and without pepper s birth certificate, shurlly couldn t use her to score public assistance, though she did use renee that way. i never wanted to do anything wrong. i felt like if i did something wrong over and over she wouldn t love me and she would give me away. wouldn t love me? shirley told her said rene she was born to a prostitute drug