There is a knock at the door. It’s unusual for someone to come this early morning.
Opening it, what I saw took my breath away. I stood there motionless, my eyes go wide.
“Hi sweety”, said the much too familiar voice and now a somewhat crinkled face. A light nervous smile is plastered on that face.
“MOM!”, I exclaim. Tears start rolling down involuntarily. My legs becoming jelly.
“I’ve come to take you honey.”, my mom says with a sweet yet urgent smile.
“Mom, where have you been? I thought you would never…..”, I could not complete the sentence, it still hurts after four long years.
“Return.”, she completed it for me looking down.
“But here I am baby. Come with me. I’m here to take you now…with us”, my mom says and extends her hand for me to hold.
“What? But mom what about him?”, I ask looking at her blurred figure though my watery eyes.
“Baby…he can’t come with us. Never. But you need to come now.”, she pulls me by my hand.
I stop. NO. I can’t leave without him. Not after so many years that he has stood by me.
“No mom. I’m not leaving him behind.”, I pressed my mom’s hand firmly.
I see my mother go pale.
“You need to come my child. You should have come with us.”, I hear a mourn in her voice.
That blow is too hard to take. I close my eyes and feel my mother pulling her hand away. I open my eyes frantically and she has melted into the thin air.
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I wake up with a cold sweat and a randomly beating heart. It’s still a pitch black night.
This has happened for the third night in a row. What is happening and why? Is this an Omen?
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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