It's raining in my backyard
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There is difference between 'to be guilty' and 'to have guilt'. No court decision can give you a way away from your own guilt, even if you are not guilty the guilt in your mind can haunt you.
Samantha Haydon has understood this truth by now. Four years being away from her loved ones, she has understood that no matter how far you go, you can never outreach your past. You can never really hide the truth. And that, that sometimes telling the truth is the only way to get rid of your guilt, at least a little bit.
But will she realize that, that what happened in her past doesn't define her?
That she could be loved no matter what she did in her past?
But most importantly,
Will she ever learn to accept and love herself, so that she could accept being loved by someone else?
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