TheREDpan
How do you define a feeling you only know by its absence?
Addilyn has always been the fiercely loyal one-the girl who gives too much, cares too deeply, and gets left behind. All she wants is for someone to stay.
She didn't expect college at the University of Santa Monica to bring ghosts, betrayal, and the kind of friendship that changes everything.
With loneliness as her only constant, Addilyn retreats into the familiar ache of being "too much." But as her world begins to crack, she must find the courage to choose something she's never dared before: herself.
Can Addilyn find her yellow roses-the people who truly see her?
A heartfelt journey of trauma, found family, and the quiet power of self-love.