Bittersweet Goodbye's (Shattered Series #1)

Goodbyes are bittersweet because they hold dual truths: the joy of what was and the pain of what can no longer be. And that became the only thing Shanaya Abigail Buenavista clung to, ever since the day her mother and father walked away---leaving a silence that echoed in every corner of her heart.

Ever since, she grew up believing she was easy to leave behind---easily forgotten, easily replaced. Her father left her in the care of relatives, and that was when the real nightmare began. In their eyes, she was always the black sheep---the burden, the disappointment, the girl who would never amount to anything. And she despised that.

Then came Gabriel Levi Lopez. The boy who saw through her carefully built walls. The only one who recognized the brokenness in her voice, the softness in her silence. He made her feel safe for the first time---promising that no matter what, he would never walk away.

But just like she always feared, goodbyes were never just bittersweet.

Because after that day, they stopped being bittersweet at all---just bitter, and nothing more.