Because Of You
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Last published Wed, Jul 20, 2016
13 years Keliah Jean has suffered in silence. For 13 years no one has tried to penetrate the walls she has created for herself, and she intends to keep it that way. For years she has been alone, trapped in her own whirlwind of misery.
For a year Drew Bailey has lived without a father. For a year he has been man of the house, and has kept himself to himself with few select friends. Girls have had him, for brief moments in time, only to be cast away soon after.
When the two meet, their lives are changed forever.
Without knowing Keliah has allowed Drew access to her deepest thoughts and worries. And let him in when no one else could get through.
Will Keliah have to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders forever?
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