Behind The Mask Of Me (On Hold)

A swing set in the back yard, cookies baking in the oven, the whole family laughing and joking: the dream family and life. Kayla has never had any of that. Her whole life she has had too few joys and too many fears.

Kayla Anima is cold, rude, and doesn't care about anyone or anything.....
Or is she?

Due to a promise to someone close, she has survived seventeen years, but behind a "mask" for the majority of them. Part of her protection, Kayla has shut people out. None ever getting too close to know the truth of her life story.

Will she ever be free to drop the cold outer layer she disguises herself with, or will cower behind the brave expression forever? Is it too late to be saved? Ten years is a long time for that part of her to be hidden away, you know. Could her true-self have been forgotten by even Kayla?

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Mature Content- Language and sexual references and events (none extremely detailed)

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