Beautifully Broken (TDH rewrite)

"Stop it, Ryder. Stop lying to me. I know I'm not pretty, you don't need to lie."
"You're right. You're not pretty; you're absolutely beautiful. Beautifully broken."He smiles, a little sadly.
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Being the teenage daughter of Carl and Claire Duncan has its perks. Friendship isn't one of them. Neither is family love.

To everyone else they're the perfect family; money, clothes, cars.

But they don't know the truth.

Essence is beaten every day. Hit, kicked, slapped. You name it her, parents do it.

Essence is all alone, with no one to help her. Until the Vega's move in to the old house down the road.

Ryder Vega, her - very attractive - new neighbour, soon finds out what happens in the confines of her house and he isn't happy about it.

Despite being complete opposites, Ryder and Essence can't deny the attraction they feel towards each other.

This isn't a love story, nor is it a story about love; this is a story about Essence, Ryder and their struggle to fix the broken beauty.