Vunerability Stories

Aemelia loves James. James loves Aemelia. Unfortunately, love is not the same thing as trust, and you can't be vulnerable if you cling to your dignity.

Pages in a book read out of order, seared along the edges, forever charred...

This is my story until recently. I hope that through my struggle with my past others will find the ability to break free from their past too.

A game of kiss chase is where it had all begun. Peter Helm had chased Shirley Bates in the school playground and planted a sloppy kiss on her lips. She had been smitten, and just knew from that moment on that she would love him forever, even though they were both only eight years old. Nearly three decades later that thin line between love and hate has been tested many times. The last straw for Shirley comes after Pete loses his job and gets tangled up with Tommy, a low-life drug dealer. Another side of Pete is revealed, one that takes control over her relentlessly driving away friends and the one family member she has, her sister Steph. The monster within has taken over her once loving husband and left only the shell for her to contend with. When Pete is arrested and charged with dealing drugs, he is sent down for four months which leaves her at the mercy of his associate Tommy. After a horrifying ordeal with Tommy, Shirley at her lowest point attempts to take her own life, but is saved. Pete is paroled early and her life spirals into a new found darkness. She realises that their love is gone, dead and buried. So to save her own sanity she makes the bravest decision she has ever made, to cut the umbilical cord that has held her and Pete together for nearly three decades, and fly solo. She secretly plans her escape to Scotland and the one person she hopes still cares for her, Steph her sister. The decision comes at a price for Shirley, and the train journey away from her miserable life is set to reveal many things which will make past events clear beyond any reasonable doubt.

Julia, a reserved and cautious woman, lives a life bound by routine and self-doubt-until a mysterious and free-spirited neighbor named Charlie disrupts her carefully planned world. Through unexpected encounters and heartfelt moments, Julia begins to break free from her prison of judgment and loneliness, discovering that love might be closer than she ever imagined.

Belle is a shy girl that is overshadowed by her loud and creative friend Melissa. She has never been liked much at all and has tried her best to stay in the shadows until Travis Williams returns after 3 years of boarding school. It's now Belle's job to find out exactly why Travis left and who Travis really is behind his mask. But can she find Travis in time to stop him doing something that he will regret forever?

The inability to share a feeling. She doesn't know how ... she's lost. The want for someone to be with them. He wants to try... he's finding himself. If their paths cross, would their fates change for the better or the worse?

A poem about Love

Aqrez is far from what anyone would call a gentleman. With a rough attitude and a sharp tongue, he rarely cares about the consequences of his actions. But when he sets his sights on something-or someone-he goes after it with relentless determination. His impulsive nature leads him into an unexpected situation. As the chaos unfolds around him, Aqrez is forced to confront more than just the darkness in his world. In the span of a few heartbeats, everything he thought he knew about himself begins to unravel, leaving him vulnerable in ways he never anticipated. ---