Anywhere But Here
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Last published Mon, Apr 2, 2018
Harley can't remember what it feels like to have a place of her own in a family of her own. Since her father died she's been from one foster home to another. The only reprieve she's ever had were the brief stays with his best friend from the police force, Walt and his family. Now that she has the option to stay for good she doesn't know if she wants it. It doesn't matter if the only place that has felt even close to like home has been with them. She knows what it feels like to be unwanted, an intrusive presence. She can't bear for that to happen with them. Why not leave when she has this one piece of good left? Then there's everything she feels for Ben, Walt's son. Complicated doesn't even begin to explain those feelings. She could ruin everything.
Still, she can't help but remember all the times she sat alone and afraid and thought just one thing...anywhere but here...
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