She was 20 when she married a lawyer, Brad King. For over a year they had lived happy and peacefully but slowly Brad became a gambling addict. Tina stayed with him because she loved him, it was stupid, she realized now. He spent almost all their money and eventually he had to play against a man who did not have a wife or girlfriend and was infertile. The man bet his house and car if Brad would give his firstborn child if he lost. To most people, this would seem crazy but Brad was so sure he would win he agreed. When he lost the poker game, he freaked out. He never wanted kids but he did not know what Tina had in mind. When he asked his wife what she thought about having a baby, she reacted overly happy. Brad knew that if he did not ‘pay off’ his debt, the man would kill him and probably Tina to. The man was very powerful so he could make it happen. Brad made up a plan. When the baby was born, he would try to steal it away from Tina and give it to his creditor. He didn’t see another option.

He got Tina pregnant and told his sick plan to one of his best friends, Dirk. Dirk did as if he found it a good plan but after Brad told him, he told Tina what her husband was up to.

That night she ran away from home to her best friend, Irma. Irma had brought Tina to a gynecologist who had told Tina she was having two babies, a boy and a girl. Brad knew where Tina was and sent threatening letters to her. In the letters, Brad had written that if Tina did not return he would kill her and that would also mean the end for the babies. First, Tina didn’t believe it would happen because Brad did not dare to show up at the door because Irma’s husband, Rick, was a body builder and Brad had always been a little scared of the big man. After the third letter, that contained a bullet, Tina freaked out and ran away from Irma and Rick to this shelter and now she was here, besides this, she had nowhere to go. Her parents had died when she was 10 and after that, she had lived with her Aunt and Uncle who had died last year. She had no family left and she only had friends that Brad also knew.