Seventeen year old Sam learns what it means to be independent as she struggles with the past and finding her voice. Along the way Elliot tries to coax her out of her shell - but is it for the better? Or is she condemned to spend the rest of her life counting thorns? •••• This is a Camp NaNoWriMo novel. It will remain unedited until the end of the month. Hope you enjoy, and bare with me through bad chapters, typos, and crappy outlining!