Anne POV

We have been helping Ricky with John and Valerie. They are so cute and adorable. They miss their mother a lot and Ricky seems lost without her. If it wasn't because of those kids, I think he would have joined her. It amazing there is still love like theirs in this world. A couple of days pass since the funeral and all the parents met up with Ruben so he could show us the tape of Amy. I also invited Bill the private investigator so he could tell everyone what he found out about her childhood. At first George didn't want to but everyone here is like a parent to her and I didn't want to deny them the opportunity of getting to know a little more about her even if it bad.

"You sure that you guys want to watch this" Ruben said

"Yes, I need to know what she went through. I need to be brave for her" I said with tears in my eyes

"It a lot Anne and trust me, theirs is stuff that you can't even imagine a child should go through" Dr. Field said

"How you know, you haven't seeing it" George said

"Because I read it, she writes journals and I know every single thing she and Ricky had gone through, so trust me, that could give a person an emotional breakdown." Dr. Field said

"Please I can handle it" I said

Ruben put the video and at first it started fined. But then you see the Bob guy, smacking her and banging her head, over and over again. He would throw beer on top of her while she was unconscious and even pee on her a couple of times. He tries to touch her and raped her, but she would fight him back and then he would knock her out. I try to close my eyes but I kept thinking that she was brave to take it, so I would be brave for her. But the more I watch the more I hate myself. I gave her that life. I couldn't stop crying I was hysterical and I couldn't breathe, and my heart felt like it was ripped out of my body. I wanted to jump inside the video and kill the guy, every parent in the room felt the same way. They were all crying to, include the guys. They felt worthless because they couldn't help her. When the video finish, Bill started talking to us about what Amy went through.

"Her adopted mom was nice to Amy. But after her mom got sick and passes away Amy was send to the foster system. At first it was fine, but when she was nine she got lost and her foster parents didn't report her and she live in the street for 4 months. During those 4 months Amy came across drugs, prostitution and one night she was hiding and she witness some mob guy and his workers kill some guy. The one that pull the trigger notice her and he did what nobody else imagine he would do. After his boss left he grabs her and he fed her before he drops her in the police station. He told her that she would be safe there and never to tell anyone what she saw or who he was because they might hurt her. The police send her again to the foster system and from there she went from home to home because she report it to the system that they were hitting her and letting her starved, but they didn't believe her. They said she wanted attention because she had too many issues. Until one day one of her foster brother try to rape her and she was bruise so the foster system send her to band camp until they decide what to do with her. And that were she got some peace. She met this guy name Ricky and it was like they knew each other. He is another one with a dark past which is surprising because in my experience people that been abuse only abuse them self more with other abuse people. But they are different. It was like they were healing each other." Bill said

"When she was missing for four month and she saw all that did anyone force her to do that stuff?" George ask

"No, actually some of the girls would give her money and food and sometimes a place to stay when it was really cold" Bill said

"It a miracle that the child turn out the way she did, compare to our own kids that we gave them everything and they turn out to be monster" Dr. Bowman said

"I just wish their were anyway that we could teach them a lesson and have then learn everything that girl went through" Leo said

"I know what you mean, they need to know what they ruined, and how Ricky and Amy became the person they are now." George said

"I have an idea. How about we have then do community services in the worst parts of the neighborhoods and alone, even though we would watch them, because to be honest we mad but we don't wish harm in our kids. Anyway so they could learn about the cruelness of the world" Ruben said

"That a good idea, sign Ashley up" George said and he look at me and I nod

"Yeah Grace too" Kathleen said

"You already know Ben would be there" Leo said

"So is Lauren" Dr. Field said

"I get Adrian and the rest of the parents to agree for the rest of the kids. So in a week they would start" Ruben said and with that we all went our separated way.

That night all I did was cry and hold Robbie. I couldn't stop thinking about everything. I hate myself for letting my baby go through that. All because I was too young to care for a baby by myself and when she came out pregnant she didn't even think twice of keeping her baby even if she would have to do it by herself. Damn the girl is stronger then everyone here, even Ricky he is another strong person.