Since her biological father only acquired custody because he wanted to receive social security checks, she and her brother were placed in a stranger's foster home, along with several other children.

Their foster mother, Diane, forced them to clean her entire house every day and physically abused them if she wasn't satisfied.

Diane's biological daughter, Connie, is also portrayed as sadistic, reportedly deriving pleasure from tormenting Brown and the other children who resided in the foster home.

Brown believes that Connie feels entitled to cause trouble for the foster children in any way that her cruel mind will allow because of her perceived higher familial status.

Brown provides a frank account of how Pete thrusts a glass of rum and coke into her hand, tells her to drink it and how "everything happened so fast" afterwards.