She thought someone had broke in. She called the police. When they came the intruder in the garage was the children's christmas present. He had tore up the garage including christmas presents.One of Marla's brothers wanted to call him the red Devil. The other one wanted to call him Satan. Mrs. Willow named him Butch but when her brothers drown in the lake when they fell through the ice while ice skating the dog's name was changed. Marla thought that was what caused him to be so confused he didn't know his exact name was.
They both saw exactly who shot her parents. It was her uncle Anthony, the witness protection agency officer and two of her uncle's cronies or hired guns. She hid out then snucked into their house in the dark. Marla didn't want to turn on any lights to give her where abouts known. She had to evade the bad men in the car parked outside the front of the house. house She knew it would be just a matter of hours before one of the judges that was in her uncle's pockets would give him custody of her. That meant she wouldn't be alive too much longer if she stayed.
She snucked up the back stairs to her room. The moonlight shinning through the slats of he partially closed blinds gave her enough light to be able to get her a few outfits out of her dresser. Then she went into her father's office and someone had already been in their safe . She wasn't sure what they had been after but their emergency money was still there. Also was her father's debit card.