Hi my name is Melanie I'm gonna tell you how my story all began. Before I was born my mom had to pick between her life and my life.But she refused for that to happen so she picked my life instead of her's. Eversince I was born my dad barely took care of me or even look at me. But at least I had my older brother Daniel. He would make me laugh,smile at least I had someone who cared about me I thought everynight. Daniel was older than me by 2 years. It all began when my mom died my dad became addicted to alcohol and drugs. Every time I would everybody would make fun of me for not having a mom.Are did would only abuse us at night . Are neighbors would hear the screams and call the police immediately. After the police came we would keep quiet because are dad would threaten us .Until 1 day the neighbors called again but this time are neighbors had proof . Me and my brother told the police the truth about how he would always abuse us. After that we didn't anybody that could take care of us so we were sent to an orphanage. And the police told me and my brother that he was in jail. Luckily, we both got adopted by the Hernandez family they couldn't have kids so they adopted me and my brother together. At the time I was 2 and my brother was 4 years old. Life wasn't hard with them we speaked Spanish & English. Everyday we would go to school in New Jersey.
