▁question ed . ▁ ▁Por ter ▁and ▁her ▁partner ▁then ▁dig ▁into ▁the ▁girls ▁lives ▁during ▁ju ven ile ▁hall ▁and ▁discover ▁some ▁disturb ing ▁truth s . ▁Ron nie ▁tried ▁to ▁kill ▁herself ▁several ▁times ▁and ▁frequently ▁got ▁into ▁f ights . ▁But ▁more ▁alarm ingly , ▁it ▁turns ▁out ▁Alice ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁a ▁young ▁bi - ra cial ▁baby ▁girl ▁in ▁prison . ▁Br ing ing ▁in ▁both ▁Alice ▁and ▁Helen ▁for ▁question ing , ▁the ▁truth ▁begins ▁to ▁un ra vel . ▁It ▁turns ▁out ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 5 ▁in ▁Ju ven ile ▁Hall ▁Alice ▁fell ▁into ▁a ▁sexual ▁relationship ▁with ▁a ▁jan itor ▁named ▁Rod r igo ▁who ▁worked ▁there , ▁and ▁who ▁was ▁eventually ▁fired ▁when ▁their ▁affair ▁was ▁un cover ed . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁Alice ▁realized ▁she ▁was ▁pre gn ant ▁it ▁was ▁too ▁late ▁for ▁her ▁mother ▁to ▁force ▁her ▁to ▁get ▁an ▁abort ion , ▁so ▁instead ▁her ▁mother ▁forced ▁her ▁into ▁rel in qu ishing ▁the ▁child ▁for ▁ad option . ▁According ▁to ▁Helen , ▁Alice ▁remained ▁fix ated ▁on ▁her ▁child , ▁obs ess ing ▁over ▁it ▁end lessly . ▁In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁pla c ate ▁Alice , ▁Helen ▁li ed ▁to ▁her , ▁saying ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁seen ▁her ▁child ▁living ▁with ▁a ▁family ▁in ▁a ▁nice ▁part ▁of ▁town . ▁She ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁girl ▁had ▁beautiful ▁cur ly ▁hair , ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁heart ▁sh aped ▁birth mark ▁on ▁her ▁back . ▁However , ▁unknown ▁to