"It was Hop who made me realize it, too," Beverly says, nodding slowly in agreement. Pretty much from the first time they met, he was kinder, more caring, than any other adult she'd ever known. It took her a while to really trust that, to let it sink in, but it did, and she's been grateful ever since. "My dad... he said he cared about me. But he also told me all the time that no one ever would. And the things he did, that wasn't care."