She came to Jamaica to find peace - but found love, lies, and the truth her heart wasn't ready for.
Everly Amelia Evans is 16 years old when her life gets turned upside down... again.
Her mother disappeared without a trace when she was 13, leaving Everly shattered, confused, and grieving. Since then, she's lived in Colombia with her two caring, nurturing aunts - the only people who tried to keep life feeling somewhat normal after everything fell apart.
She's always loved her father, Maverick Lane Evans - a hardworking businessman from Jamaica who visited often, called weekly, and sent gifts every birthday. But after her mother vanished, something changed. Her father became more present, more insistent, and one day... he simply showed up in Bogotá.
"Everly, tu papá será la persona que te cuidará de ahora en adelante" her aunt said
Everly didn't want to go. Colombia was where her memories lived. Where her mother was last seen. But her aunts - though loving - believed it was time she reconnected with her roots in Jamaica and tried to heal.
So, angry, resistant, and broken, Everly reluctantly moves to Jamaica to live with her father full-time. A new country. A new school. A new version of life she didn't ask for.
Everything feels too loud , too fake - until she meets Aiden Fredrick Walters.
Aiden is easy to talk to, always makes her laugh, and gives her the kind of attention she's never really had from a boy. He's charming, sweet, and respectful - the one part of her new life that makes sense. Before long, they fall fast and deep, and Everly feels herself beginning to heal.
But then, she discovers she's pregnant.
As she struggles with what this means for her future, Aiden promises her the world - love, support, and a plan. Everything seems okay.
But something isn't right.
Everly must unravel a tangled web of family lies, lost love, and generational secrets. In the process, she'll uncover the truth about her mother's disappearance
The test comes back Positive.
The front page of the newspaper reads:
"ABANDONED! 18 Year Old Daughter of Local Drug Dealer Left Alone While Family Awaits Trial"
The letters say "I miss you"
What is my life? How can I go from being top at my school to being pregnant? How can I go from having a good life to having everything I've ever known rip apart at the seams?
I am an orphan. I have no home because my family was arrested on drug charges and I haven't seen my dad in years. All I have is this belly and my boyfriend, I have to do it. For the baby.
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Emilee Lynn Ali, a smart, ambitious high school senior who has had her 10 year plan set in stone since she was 12 is thrown into one bad situation after another. See how she deals with getting her life in order while dealing with the possible reconciliation of her, her parents, her brother, her father's new family; dealing with the idea of loss- losing her mother to addiction, and trust which she has to force herself to do when she finds out she is expecting her first child at 18.