Scarlett, Ethan, and Jaylyn have been best friends since they were in 1st grade. Scarlett had it all. She had a good family and nice friends. That was until it was all taken away from her.
One night, Scarlett's entire life changed. She witnessed something that she never thought she would see.
The next day, her mom is in jail, and her dad is in the hospital. Scarlett doesn't know why. She isn't allowed to talk to her mom, and her dad is unconscious. Scarlett hasn't even been able to talks to her siblings.
Why?
Scarlett must solve her own mystery.
Luckily, she has her two best friends to help her. They help Scarlett as much as they can, and they all three try to figure out what happened between Scarlett's parents. The teens soon realize that they are being watched.
This wasn't just a thing between Scarlett's parents.
Scarlett, Jaylyn, and Ethan are being threatened, attacked, and harassed. They keep getting messages from unknown numbers. Ethan's older brother, Tyler, decided to help them solve this mystery.
Tyler and Scarlett have never gotten along. Not since they were kids. Scarlett is shocked by Tyler's actions with helping her. She starts finding herself feel something different for him. But what?
Ethan is jealous of how his brother and Scarlett have a new bond. Ethan realizes he feels something more than just a friendship for Scarlett.
Scarlett has so much going on that she doesn't even realize that both brothers are falling for her. When she does, she doesn't know what to do.
Tyler, the one who she's hated all her life?
Or.
Ethan, her best friend who she's loved as a friend all her life?
Scarlett feels herself drifting away from her friends and family. She's scared. She doesn't want to lose them. She doesn't want to lose herself.
She wishes she can go back in time.
She misses how things used to be.
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Take Me Back by lolohp27
*Also the cover is not mine, I just found it on Pinterest!*
~"You don't- you don't need me."
I stared in shock. This was the first shred of emotion he'd shown since he started avoiding me, and I had no idea how to respond. What was I supposed to say to something like that? So I let myself be honest, and I told him exactly how I felt. "But I do." I almost choked on my words. "I do need you. I can't talk to anybody else. I can't eat. I can't sleep. And I know you know what that's like."~
Liliana is now an orphan. Just 17 years old, she lost her parents in a boating accident and now she must live with her best friend, her best friend's parents and her best friend's brother, Joseph. She struggles through her grief as well as dealing with the mysterious but obnoxious Joseph, and it soon comes to light that he isn't the only one around her keeping secrets. Living under the same roof, tensions arise, and Liliana begins to discover that a perfect family may not be so perfect after all."
If you like a good old slowburn, enemies (ish) to lovers, bonding over tragic backstories type beat then this story is for you, I promise :)
#1 in #bestfriendsbrother (didn't note the exact date - some time in January 2021)
#1 in #dealing with death (11/04/21)
amazing cover by @sixty6ix !!