My name is Samantha Nichole Hamilton, born on May 13, 1989, in Blythe, CA.. I never imagined that the places meant to protect me would become the very shadows where my innocence was stolen. At just eight years old, I was pulled from my chaotic home and placed into my first foster family, a decision that should have been my salvation but turned into a nightmare. The foster father, a man with a warm smile and cold eyes, wai...