DISCLAIMER: This story contains adult content such as sexual scenes and scenes of a violent nature. Kay is a med student, struggling to provide a better life for her and her teenage sister. On her quest to escape the moldy carpets, and chipping paint of her one bedroom apartment she meets a charming yet cocky criminal with a less than charming past...but shes not so innocent herself. Will he be the reason she escapes the life she's so desperately trying to pull herself from or drag her down further into depravity? Spoiler alert, hes going to do both. ©All rights reserved Red Vert This story can not be duplicated in any way without permission from the author. Credit to the original photographer for cover image. Credit to @shannonab97 for cover edits. Love you For those who don't know this is story is also on episode with slightly different story line.

Blake Turner has one goal: survive the next eighteen months, get her diploma, and disappear. Everything else-her boyfriend, her friends, her once-perfect life-is already gone. All that's left is endurance. Eighteen more months of keeping quiet. Of hiding the truth about what happens behind closed doors. Of pretending everything is fine when nothing is. She can make it. She has to. Liam Cole doesn't do attachments. Not when loyalty to his crew is the only thing that's kept him alive these past two years. Dragged into gang life too young, his world is built on violence, loyalty, and nights that end with no names exchanged. His past haunts him. His future? Already decided. His heart? Off-limits. Hardened. Untouchable. But when he crosses paths with the school's most hated outcast-the quiet girl everyone whispers about-everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. But some secrets refuse to stay buried... And when the truth finally breaks free, it leaves no one untouched.

Isabel's home misery and Adam's dark past make them run away from home. The two best friends will find their long lost love in each other.. Will they keep the flame going or will their past haunt them out of their fantasy? Romance, drama, tears and laughter oh and cars. The story includes some intimate scenes and strong language but the faint-hearted can handle them. **There is a little bit of myself in each of the characters in this story but they are all a work of fiction. All Rights Reserved