My name is Imani Kate Dawson.
I am a teenage spy on the run with my parents, but you see, I was forced into this situation. I was forced to leave my school- of spies- and my four best friends. I was forced to leave my life.
But I don't blame my parents, even though this is all because of something they stole, something they should have left behind.
But soon enough I came to a town, a school, which turned my life around.
Once again, I was stuck in the middle of a situation; a situation that could reunite me with my friends, a situation that could find me some new friends, a situation that could lose me the most important people in my life, a situation that could bring forth more questions, a situation that could give me answers as well as destroying them, a situation that could ignite any possible danger and heartache, and a situation that could ruin my life.
And what is that situation, you ask? Well, you will just have to read to find out.
Please, would you stick with me as a struggle through the hardest time of my life? Will you stay by my side? Will you never leave? Because- although my troubles are not all that interesting- I could really use a friend.
My name is Imani, but I don't feel the supposed comfort of my full name as my parents do, or did. Some people even ask why it's spelt with an I instead of an O, but all I can say is that my parents wanted me to be unique (not that a name would succeed with that).
But, please... Call me Marni.
When 18-year-old Emma Dawson was raped after her junior year in high school, her entire world fell apart. Especially when her egocentric father didn't believe a word she said. Her step-brother then gave her an ultimatum, one she couldn't turn down. Luckily for her, she didn't have to live through the torture for a long period of time. But now, since her therapist is forcing her to live with her father for the summer, she has no choice.
Live with her stepbrother, allow him to do whatever he wants to her, whenever he wants, or be forced to watch her eight year old sister go through the same torment.
Forced to keep her mouth shut, forced to be raped without any control, she decides to stay silent, to never speak to her family, anyone. Until she runs into one of her old friends, Aiden Carter, a loyal, athletic overachiever. Then, she starts to remember her old world, the world that was taken away from her.
When she faces her past, her secrets fall apart. She has to let go of the fear, listen to her own voice that has been telling her to break open from the beginning. And if she doesn't, she knows she'll risk losing the one person who is most important to her:
Herself.