Our Promise
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"Promise no matter what we'll be together and you won't forget me." a young boy with bright blue eyes said while holding hands with is best friend. "Of course, you're one of my best friends after all." replied a young girl with long hair and low pigtails.
Layla is like every other seventeen year old girl, who's in her junior year of high school. She likes hanging out with her friends, reading, and just having a good time in general. To everyone around her, her life was perfect. Well like most things that doesn't meet the eye, her life wasn't perfect . You see her mother and father had recently divorced during winter break. Her mother found out that her father was cheating on her with his assistant. So her mother thought it would be a good idea to move back to their home town and get away from the crowded city. Layla doesn't remember much from her hometown but one thing is for sure she remembers the promise she made with a boy back when she was a kid.
Follow Layla on her journey back to her old town and the past she barely remembers. What will she find along her way, love, drama, heartbreak, action, untold lies, and promises, you'll see.
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