"Abby, please…remember me! I know you can, please! It's me, it's—"
I shook her head, holding my sides in agony as I threw my head down, unable to interpret the new face before me.
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My family tells me that I was in a car accident, and I suffered major brain damage. A lot of medical terms were used to top it off, but I honestly don't remember most of them. I don't really remember a lot of things anymore, actually.
I wake up some days, and I know everything, I know my neighbor's name, and I know what my brother's favorite bands are, but sometimes, I'm lost.
It's like fog, a thick cloud of darkness and unknowing surrounds me, and it's a horrible world I wish I never knew. I forget who my parents are, what my name is, and the list is never ending.
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I look back up, to see the same pained face of a boy who claims to know me, know everything about me. A boy who claims to be my boyfriend of three years.
I stammer and stumble over my words, as tears trickle down my cheeks.
"I-I don't…"
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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