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wasn't perfect but she tried.” Debra ran a tight ship at home. Farrah and her sister were kept on a rigid schedule of extracurricular activities that included dance classes, piano lessons, and various sports. The girls were also given strict curfews, expected to complete a list of chores - and taught the value of a dollar from an early age. At 15, Farrah began her first non-modeling job in the bakery of the local Hy-Vee grocery store. “We have both always been hard-working and had jobs, sometimes two at a time, as soon as we could,” Ashley says.
    That work ethic, Tyler believes, could be one reason for Farrah's sometimes icy demeanor on television. “Her parents raised her differently than most people are used to,” he says. “Money is a big thing to the Abrahams. They don't see each other as 'Mom and Dad' or 'daughter' all the time; they see each other as beneficiaries and business partners.”
    For years, Farrah privately struggled with identity and self esteem issues. “I remember that I always felt like I wasn't loved enough,” she confessed in a 2012 memoir. “[My parents] were always working, or out of town, or fighting. I remember always having to be patient, to wait my turn for their attention, but it seemed like it was never my turn.”
    Ashley says she remained “very close” with Farrah - “until the point when she met [boyfriend Derek Underwood].” Their relationship, she insists, “was toxic. I didn't meet him for a long time, close to a year I think. And I didn't see Farrah that entire time either. Derek [who eventually became the father of Farrah's daughter, Sophia] was controlling, to say the least. So when people say Farrah treated Derek poorly, I tell them no. It was most definitely the other way around.”
    Daniel Alvarez, who became close to Farrah when they dated in the summer of 2011, says Farrah often talked about her relationship with Derek, often sharing shocking details of their fights.
    “They had a terrible relationship from what she told me,” he says. “The stuff she would tell me about their relationship was insane. Very high drama. They had a lot of fights, cheating back and forth. They hated each other and then loved each other. It wasn't normal. It was to another level and was a very bad situation from what she told me.”
    Tyler, who also knew Derek well, remembers their relationship differently. “[Farrah] treated him a lot like she treated her parents,” he says. “She was a little disrespectful at times to him. Sometimes rude. He would ignore it and pretend she wasn't doing that, just like her parents do.”
    Debra and Michael discouraged their daughter's relationship with Derek, right up until he was tragically killed in a December 2008 car wreck. Though they were often dealing with their own relationship problems - a cycle of breakups and make-ups that lasted for years - they wanted Farrah to focus on school.
    Debra, a deeply religious woman, was also concerned about who her girls were hopping into bed with. “It was beat into my head - wait until marriage,” Ashley says. “Be careful who you pick as a husband/boyfriend. The Bible says premarital sex is a sin, etc.” Unfortunately, Farrah didn't get the message. She and Derek were sleeping together just one month into the relationship. Their first time was at Farrah's house on the night of Derek's junior prom. “When we woke up a few hours later, my first thought was that I wasn't a virgin anymore,” she wrote in her 2012 memoir. “I felt like I now had a huge secret to keep. I was relieved [that my parents] weren't more suspicious…I was convinced anyone could read my face and know that I had had sex.”
    Meanwhile, Tyler says that when she wasn't with Derek, he and Farrah were partying - right under Debra's nose! Farrah would frequently head to all night teen drinking parties, or sneak her boyfriend into their house for a late-night romp.
    “Debra was kind of possessive,” he remembers. “She wanted to