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Ellen's mom comes home after being in the hospital due to her Rhuematic Cancer. Ellen's dad ,who is an alchoholic, is sitting in the house and doesn't care about his wife, and all he wants is his dinner.
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After eating dinner, Ellen's dad, Bill, watches his wife swallow many pills and says for Ellen to put her to bed, she'll be fine in the morning. And if you go anywhere or get help I will kill you. As he holds a knife in his hand. Ellen gets her mom to bed.
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After Ellen's mom swallows the pills and dad says to take her to bed, she changes her and gets her ready. In her sleep she quietly dies.
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At school, Ellen's art teacher sees Ellen's bruise and Ellen explains that her dad did it.
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Ellen moves in with her art teacher, Julie and her husband Roy.
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Ellen has been with a non-relative family long enough and the court has decided to give Ellen to a blood-line relative, her grandma.
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Since Ellen's grandma hates her so much, she makes her work like a slave does, she doesn't look or communicate with her.
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Ellen's dad dies and she doesn't go to his funeral, because her grandma hated him. She doesn't even tell Ellen her dad is dead. She finds out from a friend that comes by the house to give her the flag, for her dad was a veterean.
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Ellen tried to heal her grandma, she fired the doctor, for she trusted that Ellen would make her better. She also fired all the slaves, because she thought they were all stealing.
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After Ellen's grandma dies, she is put into her Aunt's house. She, too, hates Ellen.
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After putting up with Nadine and Dora for months, she finally lets all her anger and patience with them out. She packs up and leaves to go find the Foster home.
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After a lot of walking, Ellen arrives at the foster home. She asks if she can stay and that she is in a very bad sitution and needs a house to stay in. The foster mom explains that it needs to be taken to court so that she can have full custody of Ellen.
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Ellen has been allowed to stay with the Fosters and is haveing more fun than she has ever imagined. She is not self-reliant and has a supportive, nice, kind, loving mom to take carr of her.
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After Elllen has stayed with the Fosters for a while, she invites scarletta over to keep their friendship and tell her how happy she is to have a friend like her, no matter the color.