Ashley reveals the abuse and womanizing affairs of Granddad George, which caused her Grandmother Susan to leave her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina and secretly flee up North with her four girls, Lillian, Mary Ann, Sarah, Eva and two granddaughters.Lillian Thomas is Grandma Susan oldest daughter. Lillian an unwed mother of two small girls, Jennifer and Dolores. Lillian was glad to move up North, because she knew that it was the only way she was ever going to separate from her first love William Brooks. Once the family moved up North Lillian's lifestyle changed!.