From ideal to isolation and abuse -- The abductor -- Runaway and the road to ruin -- First period of captivity -- Justin -- "You are my property" -- No one finds a milk-carton kid -- A new phase of captivity -- The alias: Nikki Diane Allen -- Life as someone else --- The path to emancipation -- A final Christmas in captivity -- Rescued -- Betrayed -- The immediate aftermath -- New beginning, new problems -- Right back where I started -- Family issues, social pressures, other kids and cases -- Hiatus -- Turbulence give way to hope -- Silencing the skeptics, naysayers, and cynics -- Peaks and valleys of recovery -- True colors -- Closure.