Anne was asked to tell Charles Xavier, Maggie, and Hepzibah all of the Matron’s doings. It mainly all happened after she left the Spencer’s.

“First, you should know that Senator Bridgewater and Matron are friends. After Mr. Spencer died without his lunch- my wrongdoing, as always - I was taken to the orphanage. Matron was out and Mrs. Spencer just left me there. I was talking to my window friend Katie, when she came in to tell us to go to bed. She gave me an evil look, which wasn’t hard, since she looks evil by default anyway.”

“The next day she called me to her office. She told me not to make trouble and locked up my carpet bag. Later that week I heard Senator Bridgewater and Matron talking. I was dusting in her office. They didn’t know I was there. He gave her money and told her to try and spend some on the orphanage this time. Over the next week, Gertrude and I were assigned various cleaning jobs. We were barely fed and didn’t get more then five hours of sleep a day. Matron began letting adopting couples into her office and only gave them kids for a bribe. She nearly gave away Sarah, Gerty's sister.”

Anne continued, “Gerty ran in and stopped her. After that, she locked Gertrude in the basement. After I rescued her, Matron came after me. That night I snuck out of my room, grabbed my carpet bag and left.” Anne finished. She looked at the three adults and saw the expressions she expected to see.

Professor X looked horrified, Maggie looked just as angry as she did when Anne told a similar story about the founding home. Hepzibah was expressionless, just as she always was.

The rest of Anne’s day went by in a blur, and she didn’t eat much. She was reconsidering her actions the day she left. Should she have taken Gerty and Sarah with her? She didn’t before because both girls were weak looking and Anne was afraid of hurting them more.