A once bubbly, ambitious teenager, aged 14, silently bore the weight of her turbulent life - a life painted with pain and hidden trauma. Burdened as the eldest, she witnessed pain as her mother struggled with domestic violence and the bitter sting of betrayal. Each attempt she made to mend the scars of their fractured home seemed foiled by a relentless force, as though life conspired against her. Her memories echoed with cries of her mother, yet every step she took towards change seemed like wading through quicksand. The once vibrant facets of her life lost their luster, and the girl who once embraced the world with open arms now found herself shackled by indifference. Her spirit, once a beacon of hope, dimmed with back to back trauma of her painful reality. The relentless struggle against an unforgiving fate left her with a hollow gaze, a poignant reflection of a soul drained by the weight of enduring a life marked by violence, betrayal, and an insurmountable sense of loss. Experience life of betrayal, confusion, love, reassurance, and pain. Grow up with me.