SOMETIMES YOUR LIFE MAY CHANGE ... IN A FLASH
You meet them. You're swept off your feet. You think your mutual story is about to begin, but then they're gone. Why did you even meet that person in the first place? Who is that? Where did he go? The questions are endless, and the only thing you can do is ... Wait.
What you've just read may sound like a highly twisted story, but not for Lisa. Lisa Levinsky, or as everybody calls her, Lis, is a seventeen-year-old high school student, who lost her parents in a car accident, at the age of eight. For years, she's been living in an orphanage, Saint Barbra's, located on the east coast of the United States, and leads a quiet life of a diligent student until one, summer night. It's the night of her best friend's birthday party that awakes in her new, deeply buried feelings and makes her feel something completely new-love. As it's stated by Lisa herself, that night is the best and the worst moment of her life, as for a moment she fears for her best friend's life and meets a mysterious, outwordly handsome young man, who disappears from Lis' world as quickly as he enters it. There's also Beth, Lisa's mentioned best friend, who may not be the person Lis thought she was ...
"If you love me, you won't leave me."
Jessie has believed those words from her boyfriend, Josh, since senior year of high school. She loves him and doesn't want to leave him. Not even when he shouts at her and hits her. Jessie's best friend, Kolleen, can't stand seeing her in that situation.
With a bit of convincing - and the worst beating she'd ever received - Jessie agrees to move into an apartment with Kolleen. But not long after, Jessie is scared the worst of her nightmares will soon become a reality. Josh goes missing, and suddenly Jessie would swear she's being followed. One night changes everything, and one person soon changes Jessie's outlook.
A responding officer from that fateful night begins to seek her out, at first claiming it's part of his job. As she spends time with her new friend outside of his job, she starts realizing that her feelings are evolving. After being abused for over a year, Jessie is terrified she's falling in love. What's even more terrifying is that he might be, too.
She isn't ready for love. Not yet. She makes up her mind that if he is falling, and if he does love her, he'll wait for her to be ready, and if she loves him, she won't let herself hurt him.
Can the words that used to cage her in really be the key to her freedom?
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