Everybody should know that there's not such thing as bad people and good people. The world doesn't work like that, actually. We're a compendium of good and bad things that are mixed to form our personality, our thoughts and everythingthat defines us. So we can say we're something between the light and the dark, right?
Even if you don't want to accept it, everybody has their own dark side. And yeah, that includes you too. That side that's incredibly perturbed and can't be shown to the world, unless you want to go directly to a psychiatric. At some point, we're all really good actors, aren't we? hiding our really self from the world, using a mask to cover the mess we are so we can get accepted in this sick society full of fake people.
But, in the other hand, and using the same argument about the bad in the good or the good in the bad...even the bad guys have a good side, right? So we shouldn't judge anyone only based in the small amount of them that they allow us to see.
Basically, what I'm trying to say here, it's that you can not judge a book by his cover. You have to look deeper and carefully, and maybe you'll be able to see a little more of the content. It's pretty simple, and I want you to remember that while reading this story. Because I can guarantee to you, that nothing it's the way you think it is.
Be safe and enjoy my story. Or I should say, our story 🦋.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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