Before Rachel reunited with the Stewart family, she earned outstanding scores and was accepted into Havenbrook University at 17 years old.
Her adoptive mother, Alice, said girls didn't need an education and were better off getting married early. She tore Rachel's acceptance letter into shreds.
Then, she took a 4,000-dollar referral fee and arranged for her to work as a factory assembly line worker, planning her future down to the last detail.
Rachel refused, feeling nothing but despair.
Yolanda slapped her hard.
"Rachel, if you have the guts, then get lost and never come back. You have no documents, you're an unregistered nobody, you're useless trash that'll never amount to anything. This is your future! Stop struggling!"
Tears streaming down her face, Rachel ran out. She accidental
