32 delen Lopende Voor volwassenenAll Lane is trying to do is survive in a world that's already failed her.
After a childhood spent bouncing between homes, each one a new set of rules, families, and troubles of their own, the 22-year-old is left with her own scars and baggage.
By no means living a rich life, but one that is at least all her own, she was trying. She really was. A steady job, a place to lay her head, and a beater that took her from Point A to Point B were the small things she'd fought for. They were hers, and she intended to keep them that way.
But of course, as the saying goes, "Men plan, God laughs."
On an ordinary Thursday night was when her world was flipped upside down.
She'd just clocked out, stepping into the cool, dusky evening, when the sound of shuffling footsteps and muffled voices from the alley caught her attention.
But all it took was a glance. The moment she saw what was happening, her heart stopped. A man on the ground. Another man standing over him. A glint of a knife in his hand. Blood pooling on the concrete.
And then he looked up.
Lane froze. And then she ran.
It wasn't supposed to be her problem. She wasn't supposed to get involved.
But the moment those eyes caught hers, her world shifted. And the life that she fought so hard for was about to be turned on its head.
And she'll have to do more than keep quiet to make it out alive.