Synopsis ••••••••••••••••••••••• At 14, life hit harder than it should. Everything changed - from fire and smoke, to blood and clothes, to little murmurs and loud screams, to echoes that fade. ••••••• Fourteen - when a number became the beginning of the end.

"I never planned to fall for him. He wasn't supposed to be mine. Yet somehow, in the middle of laughter, fights, and late-night talks... he became the one thing I couldn't let go of." ...... Synopsis She was my friend. He was her past. That should've been enough reason to stay away - and for a long time, it was. I minded my own business, ignored the whispers, and kept my rule: never touch what once belonged to a friend. But life had other plans. One meeting led to another, casual banter turned into something deeper, and before I realized it, I was in the middle of a story I had no intention of writing. A story of sharp words, laughter, confusion, late-night calls, and moments I can never forget. It wasn't betrayal. It wasn't planned. It was just... forbidden. Now, I'm left with the question I never wanted to ask: What happens when the one thing you want is the one thing you're not supposed to have?

Reina Daniels has spent years pretending she's fine. Fine without answers. Fine without closure. Fine without the things she wants most. As graduation approaches and the future comes rushing toward her, Reina finds herself haunted by old memories, impossible desires, and a love she has never truly left behind. The harder she tries to move forward, the more her heart insists on looking back. With her best friend Bethy standing faithfully beside her, Reina must navigate the space between who she is and who she longs to be, between the life she's living and the one she once imagined. Because some desires never disappear. They wait. They linger. They become part of you. A heartfelt story about love, friendship, longing, and the secrets we carry within.