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|| 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝.. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞? ||

Florence Williams life was never easy, nothing was ever given to her, handed on a silver plate.

She had grown up in a small, rundown apartment with her mother until, she met Arthur; her soon to be step father at just age 7.

Unbeknownst to Florence, this would change her life.

He had got her mother hooked on drugs, just like him.

She was lovestruck with Arthur, too blind to notice what he was doing to her daughter. It all started with an occasional kick, a slap at most.

Then when she got older, forced to take up the responsibilities of cooking and cleaning the abuse took a turn for the worse.

She was beaten up, knocked unconscious, stabbed and even touched.

On her 12th birthday, everything changed. He had beaten her up, stabbed her and caused her to even cough up blood. She was on the brink of life and death, she felt what death was.

This sent Florence into an abyss. An abyss of depression.
She was drowning. Drowning in punishments, mental and physical pain, self hate and nothingness.

Florence was numb. She turned to drugs, just like her guardians, who were a bad influence. She also resorted to harming herself, as a way to feel something.

After a tragic car accident, she loses her 'mom' and Arthur. She presumed she was going to a care home, a foster family until she was told some news.

News that brought back old memories, happy memories she thought was an imaginary thing, a day dream.

But can her 7 brothers and 4 step brothers save her, convince that her life is worth living?

Even when the mafia is involved, they will do anything to protect their 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒂 from danger.

But can they protect her from her