Tina shook her head…Even after all this time she couldn’t believe Bette’s behaviour…

Never in a million years would she have thought Bette would react the way she did. She never thought her ex wife would just abandon Angie like she did, but Henry said that’s exactly what happened, according to his lawyer.

The blonde’s mind then travelled back to the present…She wanted to trust Henry, he sounded sincerely sorry this time, and had even offered to get help…Maybe things would work out after all…

Henry had been a great husband, and father/step father up until his drinking began…Maybe, just maybe he could be again?

But regardless a small voice at the back of Tina’s mind was still telling her to save every penny she could lay her hands on…Just incase he didn’t fulfil his promises..

She and the kids needed a back up plan…And they needed money if they were going to leave him…

Tina wasn’t thinking of her own happiness…She was thinking of the kids…If Henry didn’t stop drinking she knew deep in her heart that eventually he would start to hurt Angie physically…He had already given Mikey a few beatings…

Often she wished she could go back in time…Back to when she and Bette were happy….But then she would never have met Mikey…And God she loved that boy with a passion…

BACK AT THE CARE HOME…

“You shouldn’t even be in here amongst us!! – Look at the state of you!” Sally sneered almost spitting her words into the shaken little girls face…

“Yeah look at her 2nd hand clothes” Yelled another in disgust

“Yeah their definitely hand-me downs!!…Did your tart of a mama get them in the school jumble sale?” Rita sneered as she pushed the terrified girl to the floor

“You’re a waste of space! No wonder they don’t allow you to sit down on the bus next to us!!” Melanie snarled, as she stuck her boot into the thin girls stomach, making her grimace in pain…

Angie cried out…Was this going to be her life from now on?…Was this what she’d have to endure every day of her sad, pathetic life if her mother didn’t recover?

“L-Leave me A-Alone!! – W-Why can’t you all l-leave me a-alone!!!” Tina’s daughter screamed out at the barrage of figures surrounding her!

She then fell completely to the ground crying uncontrollably, she curled herself into the foetal position…Into a ball, preparing herself for the tirade of blows that was sure to follow…..

Angus Parsons had just reached the reception desk of the facility when he heard the commotion come through the walls of the home…

His stomach lurched as he heard the sickening sound of ignorant, small minded teenage cruelty…Obviously taunting some poor kid…

The mantra of pure hatred resounded through the walls…

Increasing in volume..

He winced as he realised what the ill educated, backward thinking little brats were shouting…

"HALFBREED! HALFBREED! HALFBREED!! HALFBREAD!!"

“Angie…” He whispered almost to himself, then ran back out the doors in the direction of the noise…

Rushing to aid the poor defenseless girl who looked to be receiving an brutal beating…As if this poor kid had not been put through enough already..

Angelica put her hands over her face, instinctively protecting it as she felt a rain of blows landing on her…

This was her life…This was her punishment for being born different!! – Everything was her fault…

She prayed that today God would take her away…Or her mommy or Mikey would come and rescue her…Even living with Henry was preferential to this…

Just when she thought it couldn’t get any worse, Angie stole a glance to the side, and saw her saviour running toward her…

"Mr. P-Parsons.." she whispered, just before she recieved a blow that knocked her out…