'I Just Needed Help.' How 2 Brothers Opened Up To Forge A Bond In Adulthood
As kids, Raymond and Derrick Storms were not close. They had to confront anger, mortality — and each other — in order to reclaim their brotherhood.
by Camila Kerwin
Jan 31, 2020
2 minutes
Derrick Storms and his little brother Raymond grew up in southern Florida in a troubled, at times unstable, home.
When they were in high school, their mother died of cancer.
The brothers didn't really have each other, either. Derrick held a lot of anger, and tormented Raymond.
"I just remember you being so cruel," Raymond told Derrick.
In a conversation at StoryCorps this month, the two
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