Ink.Echo

Depression, the one thing that clings to you when your mother dies and you're bullied every single day.

For years, that was Valerie’s reality: a life defined by grief, loneliness, and silent battles no one else could see.

That is, until she meets Jayden, a boy who refuses to let her fade.

With patience, warmth, and a heart full of hope, he becomes her light in the darkness, doing everything he can to pull her back from the edge… and maybe, just maybe, show her that love can heal even the deepest wounds.

The Weird Girlfriend

Vacation was coming to an end. After all the cuddles and wild sheets-tangling… things were looking up—for everyone. 


I’d been feeling off: clumsy, exhausted, moody, and puking like my life depended on it. I brushed it off until it became too loud to ignore. 


“Baby, are you sure you’re okay?” Jayden knocked gently on the bathroom door. 


I didn’t answer. I was curled up in the corner, clutching the pregnancy test like it was a death note. 


Well well well. Look what we have here. A depressed bitch who got knocked up just to feel wanted. Told you he didn’t love you. You’re a joke. If you listened to me and jumped off that roof, you’d be at peace right now… 


Just as I raised it near my wrist, the door burst open. 


“J-Jay! It’s not what it looks like! I can explain!” I cried, tossing the razor away like it burned me. 


Chapter 14