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"I can't choose my family, I'm sorry!"
He shouts with an anger I've never heard from him. "I didn't hurt her, it was them. How do you even know it was them?"
Tears stream down my face, "How can you sleep at night, taking a criminals side. Do you know what this will do to her?"
He paced around the room. He shot me a dirty look, straight from hell. "I'm not taking their side, but your blaming me for her-"
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!" I hold out my hand in front of my red face. I was bursting with anger. This will kill everyone I care about. How can he... Be so okay with this? I slowly walk out the room.
"Please, Joy," he stops, his eyes burning, "don't leave."
"I never want to speak to you again. You're a monster."
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Joy is a typical fun teenage girl with more then enough friends.
Spencer is a teenage boy with too many friends for his own good.
These two were great friends, but family ties got in the way, changing the perspective of everything they knew. Almost a year later, they are reunited once more. She was confused, you could say. Will Joy let Spencer have another shot, or will she let his family ruin hers?
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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