You never know the fear of falling until you fall, or the shame of tears until you cry, or to guard your heart until it's been broken. Desdemona Ezra, only child of the divorced couple Carrie and James, has been broken, again and again. Her father left her and her mom when she was just a kid, and life went on. But then he came back, in need of money and a place to stay, spouting lies of false love, daring to even pretend to care. When he left the second time, he left both Dess and Carrie broken and bleeding. Carrie needed stitches, and Dess was in a coma. When she awoke she was not the carefree girl she'd been before, and trust was not something she believed in. So she broke her boyfriend's heart before he could break her's, and was on her own, a completely different person. Then she met Nott, someone more like her than she could had possibly imagined. With a past as painful as hers, Nott steps into Dessie's life and turns it upside down. Her life had already been upside down, so Nott mended her bleeding heart and made her believe in love and trust. But it wasn't over yet, and when her past threatens her future and her barely healed heart, decisions must be made by all involved. Carrie is engaged, Dess is in love, and they are finally getting back on their feet when their love and faith are tested with reappearances of those once closest to their heart. Deceit, pain, longing, tears, lust, fear, love. Some lies are better of believed, and some doors are better off locked. Follow Dess, Nott, Carrie, Phil, and others through the fear, laughter, uncertainty, love, doubt, lust and friendship that, luckily or not, comes with being human.
Two girls, chasing their dreams, find themselves caught in a web of secrets tied to a forbidden past. But as their bond is tested by time, love, and betrayal, the unshakable friendship they once shared begins to crumble.
"I love you! Because of you, I laughed a little harder, cried a little less, and smiled a little more."
"I love you too! I just want you-your flaws, mistakes, smiles, and everything about you."
But the love that once brought them together begins to fade.
"You're not the same Bella. You're not the Bella I loved."
"That's nonsense! I'm the same Bella you always loved! What's gotten into you?"
"I know my Bella. I could recognize her by the freckle on her skin. But you're not her."
Heartbreak sets in:
"Don't you love me anymore?" she asks, as tears streak her face. But trust has been shattered.
Tempers flare, and dark truths emerge:
"Say it once again?"
"I HATE YOU, LILY! I hate every single damn action you take! You think you're a leader? You're just a loser. All this mess is because of you! Why didn't you die that night instead of them?"
As the tension escalates, a new conflict arises:
"Harry just asked me out for the college prom," Lily says.
"Then say no. It's simple," Bella snaps.
"What's wrong with you, Bella? I like him, and I'm saying yes!"
"There you go again, deciding things by yourself. Just like that night when you acted on your own and called a cursed child."
With love on one side and loyalty on the other, Lily must navigate heartbreak, misunderstandings, and regret.
Meanwhile, the mystery of their shared past looms larger, threatening to unravel everything.
Can their friendship survive the trials of love, loss, and betrayal? Will the truth set them free-or destroy them completely?