“If you lose, people will die.”
Before I knew it, I was entangled in a mess bigger than I had expected. It started when I met them, and if I had any common sense then, I would’ve declined their offer.
If I had any common sense, I would’ve just settled for everyone’s explanation.
"He’s dead. Let him go, it’s been two years."
Though, deep down, I knew that there was something else—something hidden.
Sometimes, what is lost isn’t meant to be found. They were buried for a reason but I—Alexandra Belle Evans—chose to dig.
This story is about how I got my hands dirty.
All Hope's life, she has always lived in the shadow of her abusive older brother. Her parents divorced when she was reasonably young and she now lives with her father and his new monster of a partner and her two snotty children.
Her whole life, she's been bullied, abused, taken advantage of, and broken, and now she's turned to self-harm as a way to cope.
But, little did she know, the world may be ugly, but it has its hidden beauties.