Life was anything but easy for 19-year-old Meredith. Her mother died when she was six, and she never got the chance to know her father. Her grandparents raised her, after which Meredith shuffled from home to home, roommate to roommate.
In high school, Meredith connected with a young teacher named Anna. Anna mentored Meredith before inviting the troubled teen to live with her family for six months, in the hopes it would help her land on her feet. At the time, Anna was 28 years old, and she and her husband, Zach, were already raising two kids. There were days when Anna would feel too young to have a two-year-old and a baby, but she took on the role of adoptive mom to Meredith with open arms.
After six months of having Meredith stay in their home, Anna and Zach set up a camera, called Meredith into the room and sat her down for a very important talk. Given her past, and the heartache she’d endured, Meredith no doubt expected the worst. She had no idea what was coming…