Just a short update to mention that Bree had a talk with the eight year old neighbor kid. It was an interesting talk. Possibly one member of that family can be salvaged. The possibility certainly exists.
I won't go into it all. If anyone wants to see how it went, you can go here:
http://bristara.livejournal.com/25547.html It gives a little more enlightenment to that family, at the very least.