There is a girl named Vanessa. Until she was eight years old, she had a great life and lived happily with her mother and father in Chicago Illinois. It was a perfect life for a young girl, they had everything and each other. Then one day, a dreadful thing happened. It happened when Vanessa and her parents were on their way home from an amusement park.
A slippery curve caused the car to take the wrong turn and crash into a ditch and killing Vanessa's mother and father. This as you can well imagine was a shocking thing that can happen to two gentle parents.
Their own troubles were over in a speeding flash of light. At least it was quick, they were dead and gone in twenty five seconds. Vanessa's troubles were just the beginning. She was sent away to live with her step uncle. Her uncle is named Lyle.
I'm sorry to say it, but he's a really horrible person. Right from the beginning, he started to beat Vanessa for almost no reason. He treated Vanessa like a slave and made her wear rags and make her do all of the work.
He made her sleep in the basement with the mice. As time went on, she became sadder and more lonely. After Vanessa lived with her step uncle for two years, there came a time when she did something that she never did since living with him.
