You Are The Reason(COMPLETE)
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Callie has spent almost her entire life living in the shadows. Behind the walls of her own home, she hides bruises from someone who is supposed to protect her and a mother blinded by desperation. Isolated, broken and haunted by things she can't seem to escape, she keeps her head down and secrets buried until a chance encounter threatens to reveal everything.
When a spilled drink and a cruel comment draw unwanted attention to the quiet, beautiful girl no one really knows, Kathy Sherman, senses something isn't right. Kathy drags her brother Jace- A high school football star with hid own demons into the mess and what they discover shatters them.
As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, Callie's world begins to crack open. But freedom comes at a price. In a night of terror, with courage she didn't know she had and help from unexpected placed, Callie must fight for her life and confront the horrors that have stolen her childhood.
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