The Promise

My name is Lara Black. I moved from London with my parents when I was four. I left behind a friend. His name was Leonard Van Der Mitch.

Before he was born, his marriage was organised. To the daughter of a rich entrepreneur. Even though I was four when I found out, I was devastated. I had a crush on Sir Smarty-Pants. I found out about his marriage when my family was on the way out of Britain. To Australia.

For a while, it was fine. I even managed to forget about Leonard. Then, three years after we had settled in Australia, something happened. Something terrible. Something that would change me forever. I would never be the same as the innocent, wide-eyed girl I was when I left.

Then, one day, I found something that Leonard had given to me. I was sixteen. I suddenly knew that I needed to get back to Britain. I needed to see Sir Smarty-Pants.

The person who awaited me was a very different person to the one I remembered.