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As Monica and Tess take
a walk through the city streets, they stumble across Monica's next
assignment, a young woman sleeping under a pile of garbage. The
woman's name is Lydia and she is a crack addict. As Monica
follows Lydia into her apartment building, her beautiful clothes
become like Lydia's, ragged and dirty. Lydia's landlord, who
hasn't received the rent, resolves to evict her, but Monica pays the
rent and becomes Lydia's new roommate. Meanwhile Lydia grabs
Monica's coat and tries to sell it on the street. Monica tails
Lydia to her parents' home, where Lydia breaks in to steal money.
But Lydia's parents show up, as do the police, and Lydia flees to a
crack house. Monica finds Lydia smoking crack and causing a
disturbance among the other addicts. Lydia runs into the street
and gets hit by a car. When Lydia's parents arrive at the
emergency room the doctor informs them that Lydia is not only an
addict, but she’s also pregnant. Their disbelief is
short-lived when Lydia delivers a crack-addicted baby girl. Tess,
acting as a drug counselor, talks to Lydia's parents about Lydia's
upbringing, reminding them that they are partially to blame for
Lydia's condition. Lydia sneaks out of the hospital and tries to
get an old job back; instead she steals some money from her boss and
returns to her parents' home. She asks her parents for money and
they refuse, choosing to take Tess' advice and allow Lydia to become
so desperate that she must help herself. Lydia returns to the
hospital, steals the baby, and takes her to the crack house.
Andrew tells Monica that if they don't find the baby it will die.
Monica and Tess search for the child. Monica finds Lydia, who is
too high to realize that she has lost the baby. Monica reveals
herself to Lydia, and tells Lydia that God has a better plan for her
life, but she must choose His help. Lydia does. Monica and
a choir of angels gather around Lydia to sing and comfort her as she
goes through withdrawal. Meanwhile Tess finds and rescues the
baby. Emerging triumphant but shaken from a seven-day struggle,
Lydia, accompanied by Monica, checks into a drug rehab program.
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