Thorn of Secrets

The deceit in my family is rooted deep like jagged thorns and no one can avoid getting pricked. The door to my first love—my future stepsister’s worst secret was unlocked. It cost any chance our relationship had. There’s no evading the truth—it’s my face that’s scorned her.

The falling leaves of autumn are like me sweeping away my chaotic past. No sense in dwelling on what could’ve been. I must accept what is and move forward with the next season of my life.

Opening myself up, I get back out there. Dating again seems to be a step in the right direction.

About to start college, I bump into someone from my complicated past, and my heart is torn. The dilemma I struggle with is do I let other people’s opinion define who I am? I must decide if I’ll push through the ridicule and pave my own path. Could the face that has scorned me be the key to my resolve? I’ll never know if I take the easy way out.

I’ve unlocked the door to my darkest secret only to have it return to torment me. As the thorns of his obsession encompass me, I discover I’m part of a twisted ploy. If I don’t figure a way out of this predicament, then the life I’ve known may cease to exist.