The Good With The Bad
The Good With The Bad
Amanda is a 31 year old who has lived in Michigan all her life. She had a great childhood, as she seemed it was, with her parents already being together for 21 years. In her mind, “What could go wrong?”
At the young age of 11, Amanda’s mother decided to walk out and leave her behind. It took her a year to figure out that her mother wasn’t coming back home, but as for her, she never gave up on her. Her mom was not only her “Mom”, but also her best friend, so she thought.
As the days grew longer, Amanda began to act out towards everyone but her father, Bill. She was very fond of her dad. But suddenly Amanda had made a friend and her name was Amy. They were the same age and were inseparable. Amy and Amanda stayed at each other’s houses, took long walks; that took up most there days and nights, and talked with friends.
The girls got along great and were never apart, until the sad age of 13. Amanda got raped and found out 3 months later she was pregnant. She was lost and was extremely scared. Not knowing what to do, Amanda started acting out and getting in trouble. She was fighting with others a lot, left home and became homeless; moving from home to home. Amanda was so lost in this big world and deep inside, she felt alone.
Amy was in and out of Amanda’s life at this time, only seeing her about once a year when she could, but they were best friends and never forgot about each other. The first time they met up with each other was in their hometown, Albright Shores, and Amanda heard Amy was in town. When they seen each other, feeling like it had been a lifetime, they both went down in tears and were hugging each other saying, “I missed you.” It seemed to them that their young worlds had been complete again. Amy told her she was pregnant and was running from the police and her caseworker. She was just as lost as Amanda was. Within 2 days, Amy...