I Survived

Twelve year old Taylor has lived through so much. His mom died, his dad remarried and he's moved across the U.S. just for his step mom. But there's more, Taylors home catches fire killing his step mom and almost killing him, his dad however disappears without a trace.
Three years later Taylor is fifteen and still fighting against the odds in his life. He has no family, nor friends, being bullied at school and abused at home.
But things begin to change when Taylor comes face to face with the man that saved his life. He finally has friends, people he is beginning to trust. Taylor just never thought that it would be anything like being accused of something he didn't do, that would give him a family.
But good things never last.
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Now republished with combined chapters to make them longer.