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Grasping For Control

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I was that girl - Scarlett Wozniacki - the one from a broken home who lived on a rundown street. The one with three half siblings, all from different fathers. The one  whose older brother was in and out of jail; and two younger sisters - one who rarely spoke, the other who was bipolar. I was the one with panic attacks, but somehow excelled in school. I was the one that tried to hold it together.

He was that guy - Dominic Thronsdon - golden and popular. The youngest of three brothers and lived on the richest street in town. When he was everything I never thought I needed, but everything I craved. He was the one who noticed. The one who paid attention. The one girls went crazy over and guys wanted to be. Once his mom died, his father went to great lengths to keep his son in check. 

We both had secrets.

We were a cataclysmic pending storm.

This is only the beginning.All Rights Reserved

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