Authors Note

Ava is a seventeen year old girl and the daughter of an abusive alcoholic dad and mother who is never home and has neglected her. She gets sent off to a summer camp where she meets Mika, an eighteen year old boy who lives not too far from her. They become good friends, which is a first for Ava. She has had friends before, but they have all left her at one point. When it's time to go home, Ava is sad but gives Mika her number so they can stay in touch. When Ava gets back home, things just get worse. After a very bad beating from her father, Ava decides it's time to run away. She makes it to Mika's house and he takes her in, she tells him everything. Mika takes her in and tries his hardest to make Ava feel loved and safe.