years to find annie a stable home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don t do that, veronica? oh, yes. reporter: don t cross that line. you have a professional yote relationship with this child. but don t bring her into your home. well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i m sure the thought wasn okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn t know what she s doing.e az but it was very much, are you sure? you can t save everybody. reporter: but veronica was as determined to try. she and her then-husband dennis adopted 10-year-old annie in january 2007. annie, who had bounced around from house to house, finally had a home, parents and brothers who adored her. she was the immediate cool