My family used to be really good friends with this single mom who lived next door to us. She had a seven-year-old little girl. We would baby-sit her all the time. We absolutely fell in love with this little girl. Her mom was and is one of the kindest people I have ever met. Her dad would come from California every now and then to visit with her. While he was here he would treat her mom terribly. When he was around us, he was always "charming". He was a slimy character, in deed. Then, ...