No Sweet Sixteen Only Bitter Betrayal

en was suppose

to my childhood sweetheart Julian, and

tly aligned, part of

iment gone wrong left me

caused it, seemed to va

evenge, their initial protect

red in my head: "They're impressed

than and Julian abandoned my ho

y care diminished, and then I

our engagement, c

ing, then a rundown halfway hou

d me under icy water, demanding an

Scarlett, for this wom

ce, a damaged relic of a

th: "It was a diversion. You were a pawn. Every

betrayal; it was a cold, ca

refused their hollow apologies

ilded cage, leaving my old

begin a new chapter, far from the corrup