What She Left Behind ✔️

"I'm assuming that little speech was meant for me?"

"It was meant for everyone."

"But mostly me. Is it because I called her selfish earlier? Are you still hung up on that?"

"I'm not hung up on anything, Gemma."

"Then why would you go up there and say that?" I demand, my voice rising above a whisper. "Of all days, why would you choose today to publicly humiliate me?"

"Today isn't about you, Gemma," Bowie says, catching me by surprise. "Today is about Raelyn, and the fact that we all failed her."

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𝕲𝖊𝖒𝖒𝖆 𝕭𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖙's life is turned upside down the day she gets the call that her best friend, Raelyn, took her own life. No note, no explanation, just an empty bottle of pills atop a mountain of unanswered questions. As far as Gemma knew, Raelyn wasn't depressed. Why did she do this? Why did she kill herself?

While searching for answers, she forms a bond with Evangeline, Raelyn's six-year-old daughter. Gemma soon learns that Raelyn didn't just leave behind a daughter, though. She also left a stack of secrets so high that Gemma fears she never knew her best friend at all. She's so desperate to find out the truth that she may get more than she bargained for.

After all, you can't un-ring a bell.

BOOK ONE IN THE RAE OF LIGHT SERIES.

Copyright © 2019 Briana Eliza. All rights reserved.

50k - 60k words

Awards:
2019 Summer Zodiac Awards - 2nd Place ⭐️
2019 Talent Awards - 1st Place ⭐️
2020 Winter Rose Awards - Honorable Mentions
2020 Belle Amé Awards - Runner Up