Susie Thomas has never known proper love, as her mother died of cancer when she was 3½, and her alcoholic father beats her and berates her every single night when he's drunk, and pretends like nothing ever happened when he's sober. School is her only escape from it. That is, until Noelle Holiday showed up. --- -Published Dec.23.2019- (COMPLETED STORY) ✔ 5 Chapters, 2,784 words.