"I don't get it," she says softly. "Why would you choose someone like me? There are so many out there who could give you what you truly deserve."

After a year away at Kitty Hawk, Cassie Maybank returns to the Outerbanks with a determination to get her life back on track. To stay healthy, to make her own friends, to live a normal, steady life like every teenage girl should. But after hearing the news of the passing of one of her closest friends, and coming back to the island, she realizes her brother's letters severely underestimated how much had truly changed. A lot can happen in a year. Friends become strangers, brothers become liars. Some enemies become allies, some enemies become lovers. © Inslaytiable | June 22nd, 2023

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it." -Edith Wharton A collection of happiness, nostalgia and pick-me-ups for when you're feeling down. Started on 3/3/22 highest ranks - #1 on happy poems 6/11/22 #2 on dopamine 5/3/22 © 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 | 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐲𝐚𝐯

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