The Second Chance Theory
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"I was a broken girl. I acknowledge the fact that I was horribly so.
Yet now I stand before the world as someone changed, someone changed by the sheer power of love provided by those who cared for me, and I them.
I'm better, and I always will be."
Life's never easy. It's quite harder for some than others. No one knows this mentality better than Seren, a scar-stricken veteran of teenage years gone wrong. She fought her way out of depression, self harm, and substance abuse, and has since seen a better life in Dallas, Texas for the past two or so years. Seren appreciates her life as it is, yet realizes it can get even better when someone gradually works his way into her life. She never thinks about the idea that possibly, something so sweet can turn awry in a heartbeat and a mistake, and may leave her desperate for the second chance it is unlikely she'd ever get.
(Welp, I don't really like this description, but it'll do for now. Just read the book.)
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