Flashback: " Honey go hide in the bathroom, quickly! ", my dad said worried. I jumped into the bathroom hearing a click, which must have been a lock, I turned to find a gun on the counter, I gasped. Myself, a small 6 year old never to have seen this coming. I grabbed the gun, in case and climbed into the laundry basket covering myself over with dirty clothes, I plugged my nose. I heard my dad talking," I can't let you have her, she's all I have left, take me. She has nothing to do with this.", I shuddered as I heard his words, was he talking about me, he must be. A few minutes past hearing nothing but a few murmured words.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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