Since You've Been Gone..
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"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal"- Richard Puz
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Devin Valentino is the epitome of future Prom King. He seems perfect to those around him, but underneath that façade is a boy more broken than he lets on. Alena Schmidt was his love, his haven and his hope, and losing her wrecked him. It's clear that not only one person died that fateful day.
This is his story.
How did he lose her?
Two words: the gang. Alena was stabbed to death in an ill-fated run-in with said gang
What happens next?
Devin is left reeling- knowing that he was the last person she called and the fact that he never answered eats him inside. He becomes a different person. Or rather, he becomes the one he's always kept hidden.
Devin has never suffered through more than this and at his young age he discovers the pain that comes with losing a dearly loved one. And don't be mistaken- he will do things he didn't think he would and meet someone who he wishes he didn't even share the same air with.
Will he ever move on?
Will he ever forgive himself?
How does it end?
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