Writing_Free
"You just don't understand."
For seventeen year old Ellie Weisen, that sentence has been her escape, and the only thing she's ever been told. From her alcoholic mother, an absentee father, and even a best friend who can no longer look her in the eyes without difficulty, Ellie's life is far from perfect.
She's always trying to be headstrong and stubborn, but her layers cannot hold everything, or everyone, back. From years of insults and mismanagement, Ellie can't help shutting everyone out, building up walls and striking up her defenses.
Then in a single moment of weakness, Ellie is given the momentary split from reality, not through drugs or alcohol, but from someone who can finally give empathy instead of sympathy. Little did she know, that this person would would be her saving grace and finally allow her to begin again.