"Monk adventures? What kind of book can this be about?"

My first day was like another day… "Oh, it's a journal of some short, that's why Tommy wouldn't let go of it."

The day was sunny so the lady that was watching us took us to the park. I guess it was alright. I wondered off into the woods, I found that that was better then playing on the dumb Jungle Jim bars. I like to explore things. I, when no one was looking, went through her purse and found something. I learned later that it was finger of a person, how cool is that. I also met a man named Monk. He was just like me. We had a good time, riding in cars, building things and organizing his house. I wish that I could have stayed with him but it wasn't meant to be. Even though he said we wouldn't be happy I think I would have been. I don't ask for much just someone to love me. I did find that with Lisa and Hank Murphey however and I was happy. I found out that I had a sister but she was killed in a car crash when I was three. I wish I could have another one that would be cool. I sit here on this bus today cause I witnessed my parents murdered. I watched in the closet. I'm trying to find Monk, maybe he could help me find the men that killed my family. I just hope that he remembers me. Cause, thanks to this so-called "Natalie" person, I have a picture of the two of us together and I remember everything about him. Thanks Natalie.

"Yeah thanks, Natalie." A tear dripped from his eyes as he held the picture of him and Tommy. He felt a warmth come over him. "I do miss you Tommy, I just…." He sniffed. "What would it have been like to have him stay with me? Would we be happy?"

Natalie and Randy sat down right across the table from Suzy. She didn't look at Randy at all.

"So you had someone kill your parents." Natalie sounded shocked at what she was hearing. How could a young girl have that done? Something was really wrong here.

"I tried to save Tommy from…." She looked over at Natalie. "I was abused by my dad….. Tommy would have been next."

"Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"I was five years old at the time. No one believed me. I went to the agency but I had no proof but my word. They thought I made it up cause we just adopted Tommy. They told my parents that it was to get attention. That night I was thrown into the basement. I got whipped if I made any sounds and when mom was out of the house my dad….. Well he you know…." She looked at Natalie and then at Randy.

"That's why you ran." She shouted excitedly.

Suzy nodded.

"Randy …" she tapped him on the shoulder. "Um we girls need to talk alone." Randy stopped reading the file that was lined with a magazine, "Oh right." Randy got up and even pushed in his chair. Natalie knew that he wasn't even paying attention. Suzy tells Natalie everything, how she found the papers about Monk being his guardian and the videos that she found of her and her father. She found some letters that Tommy tried to write to monk, and his book.

"I thought that maybe if someone found this stuff they could help him before they…." She sniffed.

"Before they abused him as well." Natalie finished her sentence.

Suzy nodded. "Yeah," she sighed.

"I was on an Internet chat room and it came up. They told me how I could call someone who would take care of the problem. It was just to scare them off some so I could get this stuff to the police. I didn't mean for them to die." A tear slipped from her eye. "I thought if the cops came to the house after the robbery then they would find the evidence I hid in that bear."

"the bear that Mr. Monk has now."

"yeah, "she laughed some. "that one. Did he watch it yet?"

Suzy, tells gives description of the man. That she was almost grabbed but the cops showed up so he ran.

"But why?"

"It's us." she sighed. "it's me."