"Jack, you're officially adopted! Congratulations!" My heart beat a million times faster after I heard that word. Adopted. I got adopted. I finally had a family. I had dreamed of being loved. Don't get me wrong, the orphanage was amazing. It was one of those rare ones where kids would actually feel loved in. I had a family there, but no one to call my mom or dad. Until that day. I had parents. And two brothers. And a grandma. Things seemed to be going well. Especially since I was an obedient kid. But then they changed. My dad and grandma stayed the same. Well, at least grandma did. Dad betrayed me after a while. "Stop bugging me, you creep!" My brothers always said. "You useless son-of-a-ditch", my mother would say. "Do the world a favor, kid. JUST DIE!" Dad would tell me. The other kids in school judged me. I was taller