CRUEL AUNT FORCES ORPHANED NEPHEW TO BE HER SLAVE AT FAMILY REUNION! A NAVY OFFICER WITNESSES THE ABUSE AND CHANGES EVERYTHING! The chafing dish felt like it weighed a ton. Maybe it actually did. My arms screamed in protest with every step I took. The gravy sloshed dangerously close to the rim, threatening to spill onto the polished floor. Aunt Carol would kill me if I made a mess. "Hurry up, slowpoke!" Tiffany, my cousin, shrieked from the patio. "We're starving!" Starving? They’d been stuffing