Evelyn Mercer had only taken in four lost causes in her life. She took them when no one else would. She thought that she could be the one to get through to these boys. All that they needed was somebody that truly loved and cared for them. After a while Evelyn realized that there was something missing from her family. One day she came across Destini. She was the piece that completed the puzzle.
Destini had a rough past just like all of the boys that she had taken in. And just like them, everyone believed that Destini was a lost cause even at the young age of eight. The girl couldn't be kept in a foster home for more than a few months at a time. She wouldn't talk to anybody in the homes or at the youth house she was kept at between houses. Well for the most part that is, if she did talk she was getting into some type of fight.
Flashback
A six year old girl stood there watching her mom getting beaten by her dad. She couldn't take it anymore.
"Stop it!"
"Shut up you little bitch. You're next." This comment didn't faze the girl at all for she was used to it. She had been through things that no child, especially a six year old girl should have to. She shut up just because she didn't want to make it worse than it already was. She saw her dad pull out a gun and shoot her mother. He put took the gun and hit the girl over the back of the head. The next thing she knew she was waking up in a hospital and taken into foster care.
End Flashback
Destini went into the system when she was six and wasn't found by Evelyn until she was eight. Evelyn believed that this little girl would fit right in with her boys. She read through Destini's file and was appalled by the things that had happened to her. One thing was for sure, this girl was a tough one.
Flashback
Destini was walking up to the Mercer house with her social worker, Sara. Evelyn opened the door and let them in. She called her boys down. When they came down they saw a little girl with light blonde hair, blue eyes that changed colors, a pair of shorts and a tank top since it was summer, and a lollipop in her mouth.
"Boys this is Destini. Destini, this is Bobby, Jeremiah, Angel, and Jack." Destini noticed Jack was the closest one in age to her.
"Hey can I have some of your lollipop?" Bobby asked joking around trying to make the little girl feel more comfortable like his Ma had asked him too.
"Shut up freak." She said and all of the guys laughed, even Bobby. He could tell he was going to like this girl.
"Now Destini, be nice." her social worker scolded. She then turned to Evelyn.
"Sorry, she has a bit of an attitude problem."
"It's alright." Evelyn said. The social worker left and they started to get to know each other. They all formed an instant bond with each other.