Who Is Selene Adams: Helpful Or Harmful?

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Many young girls grew up around dolls, a loving family, and friends who love you. However, a young Selene Adams was unable to grow up this way. Instead of a home she lived in a house with two adults. Her mother, a bookkeeper who ran a library in the middle of town. And her father, a well-known drug dealer and coordinator. He ran a large drug ring, one that spread across town and through the surrounding areas. Smaller dealers ran under him, taking his orders and selling his drugs for him - including his very own daughter.

The young age of six was when Selene witnessed her first drug and began helping. Moving boxes and bags of drugs into trucks, helping deliver the product to the multiple dealers who would then spend their time selling. At

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