What Was Held
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I'm Liliah. Sixteen, almost seventeen.
I hate being me.
Why?
Ten reasons:
1. I'm stuck in Muxleigh - a suffocating seaside town.
2. My mum only cares when it affects her.
3. My step-dad runs our house on fear.
4. I'm failing the person I love most: my six-year-old sister, Forsythia.
5. I don't know who I am... or why I'm here.
6. I attacked the worst boy in town - now I'm hated, and he's still worshipped.
7. My vice? It's leaving scars.
8. My mental health? Apparently I belong in a psych ward.
9. Bexmoore was meant to be a fresh start. It wasn't.
10. I had two chances at something real... and I ruined them both.
I'm at breaking point. Hiding in the dirt, literally, I'm not joking.
What I hate the most? How alone I feel. Maybe telling my story means someone else won't feel like this.
Before it's too late.
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