After a traumatic experience in her hometown of Miami, Elena Flores moves away to live with the father she’s never met. It’s not easy starting a new school in the middle of October, so when her half-sister invites her to a party, she thinks “what’s the worst that could happen?” Elena must learn to navigate her new life in the wealthy suburbs of Long Island and try to build relationships, but that’s hard to do when she doesn’t know who to trust and she can’t let go of her anger and sadness.
Read Elena's side of the story in My Side of the Story.
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Elena's side of the story was previously published in the novellas It Could Always Be Worse and It's All So Bittersweet.
Excerpt: Overnight, Kevin Reilly learned that he had a teenage daughter who needed to move in with him and his family. My father (if you could even call him that) definitely isn’t pleased by me being here and I’m sure his wife, Meg, feels even worse. After all, what woman would want physical proof that her husband slept with another woman living in her house?
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