Prologue

The storm always starts somewhere you don't expect. Exactly how it started one day in the parking space in front of the school gates. If she had known it would be the start of her nightmare, maybe she would have refrained. But knowing her, she would've dived face first into it...

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I screamed. I shouted. I begged for them to stay. They didn't stay, no-one ever does. No matter how hard you beg, or the excuses you come up with, they don't stay. The rain fell around me, drowning the empty promise of forever in it...

That day, I promised myself I would never let anyone feel alone or feel as though they never deserved anything, feel as if no-one could ever love them.

My promise of forever, would always be forever...