Extenuating Circumstances
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MatureOngoing1h 13m
Last published Wed, Nov 6, 2019
TRIGGER WARNING!!!!!!
Sexual violence
Have you ever found yourself in a situation you didn't like at first? One you didn't cause or bring onto yourself?
Isabella Lagarde, 14, and her sister, Molly, 12, have been abused emotionally by their parents for years. Isabella continually dates people who abuse her physically. But not to long ago she met someone amazing who very well may have saved her life, Alex. Even though she has a hard life, she still makes it to church. Her youth group was taking a trip to the mountains and she was going, now she has only been going to this church for a little while so she doesn't really know anybody. She meets someone who was just as attracted to her as she was to him and she was happy. But when she gets home she gets a huge surprise. That only gets bigger.
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