*WARNING: PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SEXUAL ABUSE IS APPARENT AND MENTIONED IN THIS STORY MANY TIMES. DO NOT READ IF THIS DISTURBS YOU.* It has been five years of the constant yelling. The bruising. The sadness, anger, and hurt. And I am sick of it. I can't stop it from happening, though I wish I could just put it behind me. Every day, he wakes up drunk, he threatens, hits, and does stuff to me I loathe, and then he sleeps drunk, waking up to only do the same thing to me he did the night before. This has been going on ever since mum died from an illness we still haven't figured out. Five years of abuse, and she's been gone. - Lexi Williams, a seventeen-year-old girl, is always getting abused by her drunk father. Shawn Mendes, her seventeen-year-old boyfriend of three years, knows about it and does everything he can to make her feel safe. They both attend high school together as juniors and try to make it out without any more hurt. But what if one day, they do something together that could change their lives? What if she can never get out the house that causes all of her pain and suffering? Shawn promises her that he will get her out of there, but hasn't yet. One day, all the pain will stop. But when?