Lizzie Stephenson's letter to Lei Chao

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1995, the year you came into my home, I was 9, you were 11.

You and your twin sister arrived together, You were forced to kill a man by your own dad in Chinatown

Mom felt sorry for you, but she didn’t want me and Jackie to find anything wrong with you, so she wouldn’t take you to therapy or get help for you, I hate her for doing that.

You were denied the thing that would have made you an normal child.

During that week until you put Tiny in the microwave, I knew there was something wrong with you the minute you walked in.

You loved and craved violence, you were young, but you craved violence and murder.

I wanted to kill you for murdering Tiny, but when I realised that the family you lived with treated you less than a human being and laundered you for money, I wanted to cry.

Starved, beaten, stolen and many other things, Lei.......

When I found out you are in a triad, I wanted to track you down so I could see you.

I then learned you had a daughter, who you deeply cherished despite the world you were brought into, I wish I could visit her.

I wish I could have protected you and stood up to my parents, Lei.

I wish I could save you from your second foster parents.

I can’t forgive you for killing my hamster, But you were born into a world of horror and pain, you have now grown up and have a young daughter that will never suffered the same you did as a child.

Second Letter.
”I met Lei today, He’s somewhat a far cry from the boy who put my hamster in the microwave and cooked him to death”

”I got over the hamster incident a long time ago.”

”I have two daughters, Aimee and Mae, Aimee is five and Mae is 16 months old, I love them to pieces, My husband is loving too.”

”I met Fumei, Lei’s wife and Xiu-mei, Lei’s daughter......It’s amazing a sociopathic man could break a cycle of vicious abuse that occurred in his family”

”Aimee suffers from childhood cancer, She’s in remission but won’t be cancer free for the next five years.”

”There’s three little girls living in Lei’s home, Akara, Xiu-mei and Patime.....Patime is very shy and hides behind her brother.”

”I can now honestly consider Lei and Jiayi my brother and sister......”