Chapter 1: long night

All 12 year old grace wanted was to find her true love. She would talk about her "prince charming" and that one day he will come. But when she turns 17 her father dies and her mother begins to drink, she has to put her dreams aside and help her mom with her 2 younger siblings, Linda (12) and Charlie (10). Will Grace ever be able to escape? Will she ever find love? Will her mother come back to her senses?