The visitor

Mistakes guide you, not define you

Ellie isn't the kind of person people figure out easily.

She shows up late, laughs at the right moments, says just enough to keep things moving-but never enough to let anyone get too close. It's easier that way. Easier to leave before anything gets real. Easier to not feel anything at all.

At school, everything is light-friends, jokes, the blur of fourth year where nothing really matters. But outside of it, Ellie's world is quieter. Heavier. A house filled with silence, a father slipping further away, and a past that never really lets go.

Then there's Emily.

Soft where Ellie is sharp. Honest where Ellie hides. And somehow, without trying, she starts to break through the walls Ellie's spent so long building.

Caught between the comfort of chaos and the fear of something real, Ellie is forced to face the one thing she's always avoided-

What happens when someone stays?

Raw, messy, and painfully real, this is a story about grief, self-sabotage, and the terrifying, fragile feeling of letting yourself be known. It gets messy...