Maureen Louise Valesques was taught to see the world in shades of gray, never questioning what lay beneath the surface. To others, she is an angel-quiet, intelligent, and incapable of cruelty. But beneath that carefully kept image is a girl slowly losing faith in the people she once trusted without hesitation. And when the truth finally finds her, she may discover that innocence was never meant to survive in a world built on lies. [ EDITED ]