18 year old Scarlett Jackson lost her mother at a young age and lives with her father who abuses her. One night Scarlett has a chance to escape and buys a bus ticket to her mothers home town. She ends up in that home town lost...Until Lucas McGraw finds her on the side of the road. Lucas wants to get to know Scarlett,but she wants to keep everything to herself. Will Scarlett be able to keep her past away from Lucas or will it come and hurt them? *************************************************** "Scarlett wake up. Scarlett please wake up" I opened my eyes when I felt someone shaking me. I saw Lucas standing in front of me looking at me. I lunged forward holding on to him so tight. I cried so hard because that felt so real to me. "Hey it's ok I got you" Lucas said sitting down and pulling me so that I was on his lap straddling him. He said soothing words so that I would calm down. He also was playing with my hair and it was making me stop crying, But I was still scared out of my mind. Lucas pulled back and put me back into bed. He kissed the top of my head and went to leave but I stopped him. He looked down at me. "Please stay" I whispered not believing that I just said that. "Ok" he said as he got under the covers. He pulled me closer to his chest and only then did I realize he dose not have a shirt on. Breath Scarlett there's just a really hot guy in your bed no need to worry. "Go to sleep I'll be here" that made me feel so much better some how. I felt safe with Lucas. I must since I asked him to stay with me. I don't know what it is but I know that he will never hurt me.

"Don't let me fall Ryder! Don't let me fall," back then, I had no idea the truth behind that plea. With my feet in his tiny, 5 year old hands, he held on tight. But I fell in a different way. One that doomed me from that day on, and change my life forever. (WARNING! MILD VIOLENCE! MENTIONS SUBJECTS LIKE: DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, AND ABUSE) Growing up as a quadruplet can be hard. Especially if you have a lot of uncles, aunts and cousins who live with you, and you're the less attractive one out of the four of you. Growing up, Tiana was a very outgoing girl who wanted to be heard. She'd speak her mind and never let anyone get in her way. Now, she rarely talks at home because she just ends up being interrupted and feels like no one cares anyways. The only one who will listen and understand is her mother, but even with her, it seems like she's hiding something. With all these feelings of neglect, she's developed a passion for motorcycle's and a dream to travel the world so she could be anywhere but home. Growing up as an only child is freaking amazing. Especially if your parent's are rich and give you anything you want. Spoiled rotten with a no good attitude, Ryder lives a life of luxury. But at an early age, he develops strong adult feelings for a certain Tiana. As they say, there's a thin line between love and hate. Instead of showering her in kisses, he's been physically and mentally bullying her since freshman year even though they were childhood friends. Will Ryder figure out what he really wants before Tiana leaves to go live her dream of traveling the world? Or will Tiana take a road out that will leave everyone heartbroken? (spin-off to "Abused, Mute and Human") Bruised #1