“Once again, I felt as I needed to flee or I’d die. That was how my life was panning out.”

“Once again, I felt as I needed to flee or I’d die. That was how my life was panning out.”

“When I was sixteen, there was no one to count on but myself. Everyone in my family was taking care of themselves, surviving, but everyone forgot I was sixteen years old. I had never felt so lost and so alone in my life.”

“He was everything I never knew I was looking for.”