The Runaway
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  • Reads 36
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  • Parts 1
  • Time 5m
Ongoing, First published Feb 07, 2018
Elliot Rae, or Ellie, 16 years old, is a runaway. Her parents abused her and she would constantly show up to school with visible bruises and black eyes from home, but one day she decides to end it all. She packs up everything she needs one night and slips away into the woods where everything is unknown and unexpected. The next morning her parents report her as missing. They hang up papers all over town and Ellie one day comes nearby town and finds a torn paper of her being reported as missing. She reacts instantaneously and keeps hidden away from other people aware of this situation. Will Ellie survive all on her own? Will she be able to keep hidden away from her parents? Will she even maybe find a place far away from town and start a new life?  ( Credit to my best friend for helping me out with the plot! )
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