It Happened One Summer
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Last published Sat, Apr 4, 2015
One summer; three months, ten weeks, ninety-five days, and two thousand, two-hundred and eight hours.
The exact countdown of moments from the very last time Emma had seen Zachary and he'd shattered her heart.
The agonizing space that seemed to co-exist between Emma Collins and Zachary Williams.
One summer was all it took for everything to shatter in Emma Collins' world.
Her mother cheated, and became the 'depressive alcoholic' that pitied herself. Her father got laid off and became the totally opposite of her mother, a violent man towards any breathing thing that won't do what he says.
Dustin, her older brother by two years that Emma used to be so close with, is now distant as ever shutting her out and becoming an alcoholic as well.
Emma's home, isn't home anymore.
Zachary had always been there for her, he knew things at home were collapsing and he had left her when she needed him most.
Now, Summer is over and Emma is forced to come face to face with her problems.
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