Terra never knew her father, but she did know that it was his fault that her childhood was ruined by her mom's terrible boyfriends. She ended up in one abusive house after another because her mom had the worst taste in men after Terra's father didn't stick around for her to even be born.
Terra as an adult finds his address and sends him eight letters describing her life to him. She wanted to make him understand all that had happened without him. The good, the bad, and the ugly.