You're right. People like this don't deserve to be walking around out there, and that woman doesn't deserve to be the mother to a sweet little girl who trusted her, and wished for all the things that any little girl wishes for.
The mother is worse than the boyfriend, in my opinion, but they're both low-lifes.
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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
(Dumbledore to Harry Potter)
Oh my goodness, no Brandon being shot would be TOOOO easy for them. They need to go to prison and have done to them what happens to people who harm children like this. Oh I hope that this little girl manages to make it through life not truly traumatized and gets the therapy she will need. Poor girl