THE IN-BETWEEN YEARS SERIES #1 People often say that college marks the beginning of real life. But for someone who's learning to stand on their own feet, it's where survival truly begins. Charlotte Elina Suarez, a freshman Tourism Management student trying to survive an independent life and the one she quietly keeps hidden: that of a pseudonymous writer. Bawat kuwentong kaniyang isinasalaysay, bawat karakter na kaniyang nililikha ay bahagi ng kaniyang sarili. Writing becomes her way of making sense of the world, of processing emotions, of leaving a quiet mark amid the noise. But sometimes, fate has a strange way of weaving souls. They always find us when our worlds are falling apart and they become the light we never searched for. At first, he was just another customer who ordered black coffee and sat in the corner of a café. A rising singer and songwriter, Louis Jeric Smith---suddenly disappeared at the height of his fame. Ano ang dahilan ng isang bituing tulad niya para magtago sa dilim ng isang maliit na tasang kape? Hindi ba siya natatakot na baka may makakakilala sa kaniya? At bakit parang siya lang ang nakapansin sa isang estrangherong pilit itinatago ang sarili sa anyo ng isang ordinaryong tao, sa gitna ng napakaraming tao sa paligid nila? While he's trying to find peace away from the spotlight, she's trying to find herself in a world that keeps asking her to be someone else.