Six Years. Six years that come as a blur sometimes to Rachel Gardner. Most of her memories from when she was thirteen are hazy and the main things she remembers were waking up in a hospital, and that her parents are dead. She's tried to live a normal life, but with a problem of having memory "black outs" at seemingly random. Is there a way for her to remember what happened?

For years, Rachel has endured abuse and belittlement at the hands of her parents, it's become the norm in her life. She suffers alone in the apartment she calls home. Child Services is called to investigate, and the secret threats of her parents make things worse. Only with an odd encounter with a gruff young man in the alley, will her life start to change... (AU Fic)