"To my darling daughter, Aoife~"
Her mother...
"Life is cruel, sweet girl, that is a lesson you will have to learn very quickly~"
Is what I can only describe as unmotivated, and stuck in a castle fill with woes.
"I'm afraid I have made a terrible error, one that has effected her greatly putting you in a negative light~"
Her situation is one due for many notable sympathies.
"But it is an error I cannot bring myself to regret~"
Nonetheless she is no mother, I don't think she intends to be either.
"I know it won't be easy for you to understand. Not being able to have what is right in front of you~"
She is not violent or abusive, no, but she is not caring and nurturing either, they simply live in the same house.
"Your mother can be cold~"
The woman has a skill for evading the child, going at great lengths to avoid her at all costs.
"I have made her unhappy~"
The complicated situation did not call for a child, like throwing a wretch into a dysfunctional train wreck on the brink of combustion.
"I pray that if things never change that you will find peace in the way things are~"
But they have one now. And now they are unfortunately stuck together.
"perhaps things will change and you will never have to read these letters~"
Her mental state does not seem to be improving, and warming up to the poor girl does not seem possible.
"But if you find pain, doubt, or loneliness~"
I think the bound between those two ended once the umbilical cord was cut.
"please know~"
Perhaps even upon conception.
"I am truly sorry~"
It is simply as sad story.
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?
*****
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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