Live By Others' Words
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Live By Others' Words is a short story that follows the challenges of life Willa-Dean faces over the course of seventeen years. Her absent parents and lack of guidance in general are a major factor in her decisions as her life goes on - but can she break free from a messed up system? Or will she and her brother be doomed to live in abandonment forever?
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