RebeccaHaslam
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Callie has never had an easy start in life. Raised by her father after her mother left when she was just a baby, she grows up carrying more emotional weight than most people her age. By fourteen, she already understands what it feels like to be overlooked, unheard, and searching for something she can't quite name.
All she has ever really wanted is love - real, steady, and safe love. The kind of love that doesn't leave, doesn't hurt, and doesn't disappear when things get difficult. But as she gets older, Callie begins to realise that not everyone who enters your life is meant to stay.
Some people are blessings. Others are lessons.
And some change everything.
This story follows Callie's journey from adolescence into adulthood, as she navigates relationships, trauma, motherhood, loss, and survival. Each chapter reveals how quickly love can turn complicated, how trust can be broken, and how difficult it can be to rebuild yourself when life keeps pulling you backwards.
At its core, this is not just a love story - it is a story of resilience, survival, and learning what it truly means to choose yourself when everything around you feels out of control.
This is Callie's story, from age 14 to 24.
Content Warning:
This story contains themes and mentions of:
⚠️ self-harm
⚠️ sexual content
⚠️ reoccurring miscarriage and pregnancy loss
⚠️ rape and sexual coercion
⚠️ domestic violence
⚠️ premature birth
⚠️ abortion
⚠️ children being taken into care
⚠️ adoption
⚠️ manic episode
⚠️ psychosis
⚠️ psychiatric treatment