A sunny spring day woke the town of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Roberta woke up to her water breaking. Four hours later, Roberta and Billy had their first son named Stevie. Since that moment, he was the pride and joy of her life. Treated like a king his entire life while Roberta treated the other children horribly. Everybody drew a backseat to her boy. Stevie spent most of the days staring motionless into space or at others. Baby Stevie appeared flat, showing no facial affect, never smiled nor laughed. Much like Cleo, he acted as if he were listening to something that only he could hear. Billy took them to Nebraska to visit Roberta’s parents, Albert and Renee. Within minutes of them visiting in the living room and observing Stevie in his crib, it dawned on Albert that Stevie reminded him of
