Abbey smiled as she waved her friend off continuing down the street to her own house. At sixteen she wasn't ashamed of her past, how her family is, or came to be, and that her father was nothing more than an ungrateful ass. At five her father was killed by her mother who was only acting in self-defense, according to the police and the jury of her peers. Jennifer Jareau, her mother was protecting Abbey the night she shot Will LaMontagne. She had given in to the pressure of knowing this man was hurting her daughter. The cops said at first no way could someone be so calm after killing their loved one but no one knew what was happening behind closed doors.

Abbey says Emily saved her and JJ. She says she didn't know her mother could smile as much as she did when Emily was around. She knew her Auntie Emmy was special to her mom when she would stay over just like Taylor was special to Abbey and she stayed over. Then Emily helped them move, and stayed in the new house with them. Things changed quickly for Abbey those few short years but instead of getting darker and scary like they were when her dad was alive. They got warm and bright. She may have lost her daddy but she lost the biggest nightmare too. He was no longer able to hurt her. Then Emily made her and her mom happy, she swore to protect them, held Abbey when they police came back for JJ and became a second mother to her. She couldn't imagine a life without her there.