Her Problems

Prologue:

My name is Hailey, and this is my story.

The thing I call my life has  been surrounded by drugs, and alcohol for as long as I can remember, I've been around it so much that I'm kind of use to it by now.

I live with my "parents" on the outskirts of Manhattan. Fancy huh? All my so called parents can afford is a dead beat trailer. I mean if they didn't waste all their money on drugs and booze. Maybe we wouldn't be in this mess.

I tried telling them once. Big Mistake. The next day I woke up with the biggest headache ever, and a black eye. I decided it wasn't worth it anymore why fight with them and hope for a change.

It wasn't always like this you know. We were once a happy family that got along so well. But one day it all changed.

I remember it like it was yesterday, I was seven at the time.

"Hailey honey can you come here for a minute"

"Yeah mom?"

"You're dad and I are going on a date tonight and won't be home till late, do you think you'll be fine by yourself " she said.

"Uh yeah mom its okay, you go and have fun." I replied to her. Even though I was only seven, my parents trusted me to stay home by myself.  I mean I was definitely okay with it, my mom doesn't work so shes constantly home and I never get any alone time. 

I went to my room and slept for the entire day, it was Saturday so I had no school anyways. When I woke up I ran downstairs because I was starving just as I was going to open the refrigerator someone rang the doorbell. As I opened the door I saw two police officers............and right there in that one moment I knew that my life would change for the worse.