Welcome to the Dollhouse

New York was supposed to be my fresh start.

No toxic family.

No screaming matches.

No being forced to raise children that weren't mine.

Just freedom.

At nineteen, moving back to New York felt like finally taking my life back after surviving a childhood in Georgia that nearly broke me.

Then I met him.

Victor.

Tall, mysterious, annoyingly attractive, and impossible to read.

The kind of man who looks expensive and dangerous at the same time.

The problem?

I accidentally spilled coffee on him the first day we met.

The bigger problem?

Someone is watching me.

Anonymous texts start showing up, each one more personal than the last.

They know things nobody should know.

About my childhood.

My family.

My secrets.

And as my friendships deepen, old wounds reopen, and feelings for Victor become impossible to ignore-

I start realizing something terrifying:

You can leave home.

But sometimes?

Home follows you.