The Light Before Me
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- Parts 6
MatureOngoing30m
Last published Mon, Jul 1, 2019
Dallas is your everyday girl, she goes to school and has her small group of friends. Bailey, is her best friend. He knows Dallas like the back of his hand. Carter, she's the friend that's always quiet and trustworthy and that's why Dallas can always rely on her. Charlie is the glue of the friend group, she hides the dark and twisty and brings out the sunshine and glitter.
Dallas has a past along with everyone else, but she takes every percussion to keep hers a secret.
Dallas thought her life was over at the age of five, when she found out that sometimes family members aren't the people you should keep close. Hiding was hard for Dallas, her father and brother did everything they could to protect her, but no one could truly be saved from what she had gone through.
She lives a dark life, like a never ending tunnel. There's no light at the end, or so she thought.
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