your 16.turning 17 soon.your older brothers Lyle and Erik shot and killed your parents after years of abuse and Leslie was their lawyer in court.the brothers were arrested and both put in for life.since you were under 18 and no other family was able to take you in Leslie did.you lived with her and her husband and life was much better.despite you still picking up on old habits from the abuse your parents gave you,Leslie would always comfort and tell you that nothing would happen.she let you move into her spare room with all your stuff and when you fully decorated she saw your old water colour book.you showed her all your drawings and she brought you a new book,water colour palette and new brushes.it was another day for you.this time your birthday.you went to visit Erik and Lyle in prison and they both gave you something before you went back to Leslie’s.you were sat in her back yard painting a flower you found with your water colours.so far she just gave you a card for your birthday when really she had better news.secretly she was adopting you and it was finalised the day before your birthday.she walks out into the backyard with the adoption certificate and other papers in a file before sitting next to you on the blanket you had layed out on the grass