She was just into her teenage years but Amanda (not her real name) had the freedom to do as she pleased just like any adult. This was possible because her mother worked in the interior and she was left in the care of her grandmother.
It meant that that she seldom attended school but instead went to parties and lived a carefree life enjoying what she thought at the time were the sweet things of the world. Eventually her actions caught the attention of the state authorities and her mother attempted to tighten the reins, but by then Amanda was fixed in her ways, a situation which forced her mother to turn her over to state care.
Amanda was furious because she felt that the woman who should love her the most was