I just don't know what more needs to happen to get Ann to see that this situation is exactly what it appears to be- a cluster- and it isn't going to get any better. She came into work this morning crying (again). She and Tom had big plans- a three-day weekend away, just the two of them, in the city, where they would attend a wedding for one of Ann's relatives and spent the rest of the time getting cozy and doing some sightseeing and whatnot. Sitters were in place...then Mary happened.

Tom's mother has been taking care of Mary and Luke during the day, every weekday, while he's at work since school let out in June. Apparently the nanny (the real one, not Ann) has a life during the summer. Grandma had also planned to keep them this weekend. So anyway, yesterday, Mary was so bad that Grandma has decided she's DONE watching her. She'll keep taking Luke, but she can't take another minute of Mary. So Tom had to take today off of work to stay home with Mary, and the weekend trip is off because all bridges have been burned. Grandma won't watch her, Tom's sister won't watch her, and hell, her own BM doesn't want her.

What exactly did Mary do to Grandma? Well, according to Ann, she constantly pokes at Luke until they end up fighting; that's an everyday thing. Mary's screaming and potty mouth are an everyday thing. Mary refusing to do what she's told is an everyday thing. But yesterday, apparently she told her grandmother she wished she were dead, and if she doesn't "drop dead on her own," Mary will do it herself. Grandma called Tom at work sobbing, telling him to come and get his monster of a daughter because she didn't want her in her house anymore.

Later, when Tom was "giving her a talking to," which of course was her only punishment, Mary gave Tom this ice cold smirk, then kind of chuckled and said all proud, "Hehe, I broke Grandma!"

Ann was all upset this morning because the romantic weekend was off. I was like, "Are you KIDDING me?! The weekend is the least of your problems!" This child is a budding sociopath! And I mean that in the truest sense of the word, as a psychiatric label. She has no remorse for anything she does. And she's TEN. I've met this child, and she scares me.

And guess what? She is Tom's FULL TIME. Her family members won't babysit her. Her MOTHER doesn't even want her. The dates and dinners out and weekends away are over.

Part of me feels bad for this child. She's been rejected by her mother. She's been sexually abused. But something in her brain is wired wrong and can't be fixed. She's been in therapy for ages. Guess what? It's not working.

Ann had a job interview that would require her to move two hours away. I told her that if she's offered the job, she needs to go. Take Chris and start fresh. Does she really want her child around that? He might be the next one to be "broken." I just want to scream in her face...

RUN, BITCH!! RUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!