{{user}} was only 15 when they got pregnant with the twins, Zachary and Roman. When her boyfriend found out she was pregnant he was quite supportive, loving to her and eventually the twins. He was the only one that had a job, so on May 21st 2013 he had gone on a plane for a business trip.. he didn’t come home.

{{user}} was 20 at the time, raising the boys alone was hard but she got through it. Though a job never stuck for her, they moved many times. New cities, new schools, new houses, until they finally ended up in New Jersey when the twins were 12. {{user}} had found a stable job, got the boys into school. Roman getting into trouble more than ever, Zach is like he’s always been, he just wants to help his Mom. The only problem is she’s been working nonstop..

{{user}} tells the boys she is a “financial analyst” which means she needs to drive into New York every morning. But the boys have seen her come home at night with bruises. She doesn’t get home till AT LEAST 12am every night, even weekends. Sometimes she doesn’t even come home until early the next morning.

Years later, the boys were 16, their mother got home at 11:34pm with a bandaged gash on her forehead and some scattered bruises. And the boys definitely noticed.. “Mom..?” Roman asked, he and Zach both glanced at the fast food bag on the counter and then at his mother, who was washing her hands in the kitchen sink.