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UNSlPUmGSTOEHES3ASailor'sSaviorWhenworriedmotherMarianneNaslundsawher16-year-oldneighborAndyLivasywasintrouble,sheopenedupherheartandhometohim.TheblisteringfightsthateruptedfromthehousedownthestreetwerelegendaryinMarianneandKevinNaslund'sneighborhood.“Theyechoedoffthehillside,"saysMarianne.“Everyonegottoheartheyelling."DuringoneparticularlynastyfightinFebruary2008,theneighbors'16-year-oldson,AndyLivasy,washitbyhisstepfather.Watchingpolicecarsswarmthestreet,MariannerealizedthatshehadtohelpAndybeforeheranawayor“becameanangrypersonwhoturnedtodrugsandalcohol"forcomfort.Afewdayslater,sheofferedAndyaspotontheNaslunds'livingroomcouch.Overhisparents'objections,Andy,whoknewMarianne'ssons,Nick,then15,andJake,then13,accepted.NooneunderstoodwhyMarianne,adynamowhosatontheSultancitycouncilandcoachesthehighschoolcheerleadingsquad,wouldtakeinatroubledteenlikeAndy.Thenahighschoolsophomore,AndyscowledattheworldfrombeneathamessofshaggyblondhairandpickedfightswithNickandJake.Atthelocalhighschool,heeithersleptthroughclassesormadethemanightmareforteachers.ButMariannesawherselfinAndy.She,too,hadgrownupinanunsettledhousehold,“withalotofyellingandnotalotoflove."Nomatterwhat,shetoldpeople,“kidsarenotdisposable."Surprisingly,herchildrenunderstood.“SometimesAndycouldbeadownrightbullytome,"saysJake,“butwhenIthoughtaboutthefutureAndywouldfaceifweturnedhimaway,Ijustcouldn'tletmyselfbeapartofthat."Itwasn'teasy.ForAndy,movinginwiththeNaslundswaslikeenteringaforeigncountryofchoresandconsequencesandfamilydinners 一afteryearsofeatingmostmealsalone.“IwasusedtogettingscreamedatifIevermessedup,soIwaskindofwaitingforthat,"saysAndy.Butthedayhewassuspendedfromhighschoolforfighting,thescreamingandepithetsnevermaterialized.Instead,Mariannecalmlyaskedwhyhedidit,listenedtoAndy'sexplanation,anddeclaredcomputersandTVoff-limitsforthedurationofthesuspension.“Mariannediditsothatinsteadoffearingapunishment,Ididn'twanttoletherdown,"saysAndy.“Ididn'tgetintoanotherfightfortherestofhighschool."Withhisbiolog...