When Harriet arrived at home with Ben all the children were scared. David seemed to be furious but Harriet kept telling him if she did not bring him home they would have killed Ben. Ben seemed to have pure hate in his eyes when Harriet would look at him. Whenever she would try to talk or wash him she noticed the terror in his eyes and body. He had unlearned all the basic social skills that it had been so hard to teach him. Harriet had to re-teach him everything but he got the hang of it after a while.
Ben did not trust his father, he never trusted him again. Harriet had hired a guy name John to help her with gardening. Ben could not be parted from John and would follow him everywhere. She hired John to watch Ben since he trusted him. Ben had become part of the group of young employed with John. Harriet and David went on vacation after a long time. She mentioned having more kids but David got very angry at the thought. Ben was barely home now, he would come home at bedtime. Harriet stopped closing Ben's room. In a result of that the other children started locking their doors causing Harriet to feel excluded.
Luke and Helen decided they wanted to go to boarding school, where they would be away from Ben. Harriet gave up on teaching Ben because he simply did not know how to learn.
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