in which a girl with an accent is scared of talking, but a boy finds a way to hear her voice.

Claire Donnelly is a high school senior desperately trying to stay normal in the abnormal life she has. All she wants to do is run away. Luke Hemmings is a high school senior who is also desperately trying to stay normal in the abnormal life he has. All he wants to do is forget. So when the two cross paths in Claire's very American hometown of Piperboro, Illinois, they both realize that staying normal in a place where everything haunts you may be as hard as it is staying yourself.

In a corrupt community, young girls are sold to men as mere objects of pleasure and they are kept for as long as the men desire. But things take a turn when the spoilt son of a wealthy businessman crosses paths with an unfortunate girl forced into the twisted world of Baby Dolls. Baby Doll © Wonderwall123 2013 - 2014

He taps his foot against the carpeted floor of his therapist's office, wondering if he should say it. If he should even say her name out loud. He hasn't done that in at least a year. He'd never say it; especially not in front of his friends. As the therapist, a middle-aged woman in a grey pantsuit, takes notes on his progress, he clears his throat and decides to speak, "She's coming back from California. Today." She looks up, "Who?" It takes him a while. He has to work up the nerve to say it. "Maddie," he says, picking at his nails. He only mentioned her name once, in his first session last year, but the therapist nods. She was the only good thing he's ever mentioned. "Something bad happened, I think." Cover art by Brigid Vaughn (burdge on deviant art) #freementalillness