WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION After a devastating accident, trapeze artist Corey Ryder gets stuck living a normal teenage life and attempts to reconnect with the mother she barely knows. ***** As a trapeze artist, Corey Ryder is used to flying high above the rest of the world, but when a tragic accident destroys the only home she's ever known, everything comes crumbling down around her. Forced to stay in the small town of Sherwood, California, she must face the realities of being a normal teenage girl. Attending high school, making friends, and falling in love for the first time are just the beginning, because being back in California means facing a large part of her past she's been trying hard to forget-her mom. Content and/or Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of child/domestic abuse

What would you do if you came back home from school and discovered both your parents concealed in shiny silver death bags after being murdered by a mysterious gang. Would you survive the tragedy or would you tremble and fall? When both her parents are brutally murdered, Amy embarks on a dark journey on the streets all alone. Will she survive the unanticipated tragedy. Or will she too die at the arms of pain and deception? Read "A painful birth to deception " to see how Amy's life unfolds after her parents are killed and be kept on the edge of your seat.