I'm...I'm just trying to wrap my head around the idea. What was she thinking?! How'd she think that it would end in any other way? Don't get me wrong, I was a latchkey kid with a single mom but I was 10 YEARS old, not 16 months! Did she forget that part? 'Oh, she's 16, she'll be fine if I just leave some money and milk for her.' Dehydration is considered one of the WORST ways to die and this poor baby. She suffered through that, alone, and covered in her own waste and....
I apologize for that rant, I just needed to get it out before I scream.