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By Wendy SpencerPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
Tina's Story

I'm not exactly sure where i was born and how i became an orphan but the information i do have is that on the 11th of September 1957 i was left to die in a garbage bin in the back of an alley, my name is Tina.

I was found by a man, Charlie who instead of reporting his find he decided to take me as his own, not a healthy choice by far as this man was homeless and struggled day to day to feed himself but now had 2 mouths to feed. He did have a few friends, one being a new mum who was just 16 yrs old and had her own baby to feed, she helped her friend with the infant and Tina grew up on the streets with lots of knowledge on how to survive.

As she got older she would often return to where she was told she had been found and never really questioned much after that because she was just grateful she didn't die in that bin.

At the age of 16 she began being curious and wanted to know more but never knew where to start , she kept to herself a lot except for the young boy who belonged to the girl who helped look after her. charlies was like a father figure to her and even though he was homeless his whole life he still never questioned taking care of a little baby.

One day while sitting by the garbage bin where she had been left she saw something in the corner of her eye, a book was stuck up inside a brick in the wall. She got the book sat down after brushing it off and started reading the little black book.

The story told was about a young woman born into a very wealthy family who had extreme situations with her brother, although only half brother they formed a strong bond and fell in love . To the shame and horror of their family they kept their dirty little secret about the baby she was carrying and when it was time to give birth they dumped the baby in the alley.

It turns out the family were very rich and went about their lives as if nothing had changed. Never to return for the child or to make sure she was found or dead in that garbage bin , just thrown away like a pile of rubbish and they never looked back, but there was a name in this book......... .

The girl known as Tina went about finding out who this brother and sister were and it turned out they were both married with their own families and in high corporate jobs and still in line for inheritances. This was her Mother and Father.

Tina wanted to confront them both but felt it was not the right way to approach them so she went about getting enough information she needed to make her decision.

After carefully planning her every move she was able to infiltrate their workplaces and get DNA samples but how would she get the results of these DNA with no money?.

She knew she had been watched by someone and it creeped her out alot but one day she confronted the man that had been following her and approached him . She told him she knew he had been following her and who was he and what did he want?.

He was a Private Detective who had been trying to track down any information about a baby girl born in that particular area and believed it was actually Tina but he was looking for proof.

Tina told him about the things she managed to get like a hairbrush and a coffee mug but couldn't afford to get them tested, he took them from Tina and got them tested. The results proved tina was indeed the daughter of a sister and brother who had to cover everything up in order to remain in the inheritance.

After a few months and enough evidence to come forward a tragedy struck and Charlie got ill and died, now Tina was all alone, she knew she had to fight hard for her survival on this earth.

When the judgement day came , Tina with her team of Barristers and Lawyers faced the judge and all the media and family all wanting to know Tina , well at least look at her anyway.

The judge awarded tina $120 Million dollars. Even though the family tried to reach out to her Tina did not want anything to do with a family that could put one of their own in a garbage bin left to die.

Tina opened up a centre called Charlies Care Centre For The Homeless and while on her watch she will look out for people and babies left to die would be a big part of what she intended to do with so much money.

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