My mother told me so

Mallory hasn't seen her mother in a place other than Jail , even now at 16 years old in and out of juvenile detention Mallory has stayed loyal to her mothers last word . Soon after her drug addicted father takes his last breath Mallory on edge moving in and out of homes with her sister not one person ever trying to get in , but would that change when Zain from one direction sees the true beauty of a tattered girl or will her mothers endless bad decisions ruin her only hope .