Agnes 'Apple' Bailey:  When I was _ eight _ , I was taken away from my mother when she was arrested for drugs . By the time I was 12 , I was in my 10th foster home ... I was too scared to even open up my own mouth . I ran away . I went to try to find my mother and try to stay with her for a while . Things got real bad and I had to go and all that time , that letter was the only thing I ever got from you . Now I 'm just asking you for a little time because I am done being passed off as someone 's case number . I want out of the system ! So are you going to help me out ?