When you spend a lifetime wishing for an alternate reality, it never occurs to you that you might actually get one. For years I had dreamed of the day that my life would change, that come that day I would not have to endure my father’s beatings and insults. But then Seth had come along, and he had made my days brighter. Suddenly, I stopped willing an alternate life, promising myself that I would fix the reality I was in. I would finally escape my childhood home and have a fresh start with Seth by my side.
Life has a funny way of crusing your dreams.
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“Nina…hurry…”
My face was wet.
I could feel fat tears rolling down my cheek. I could feel snout clogging my nostrils. My hands
