I heard them talking about me in the middle of the night. They werent arguing though which was what I was used to hearing from my mother and step- father. "what are we going to do with her Linda?!" Mr. Taylor said. "I guess try to find out where her mother is until then she can stay here, shes in pretty bad shape John." Mrs. Taylor said. "poor girl she couldnt be anymore then 16 years old." Mr. Taylor said. "well if we cant find her mother within the next month or so we'll try to get her into school." Mrs Taylor said. I layed awake for a while thinking about everything that had been happening to me over the last few months. My mom was never home and when she was she was too doped up to even say 2 words to me, let alone ask how i've been doing in school. if she ever took the time to come down from her high, she would know I was failing, she would know I had no friends because I was too broken inside to let anyone in to get to know the real me. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor was my chance to start fresh and turn my life around. I just hoped my mother was stupid enough to come try to take it all away from me, like she did everything else. thanks for reading... bump if u want more