I thought I’d left Blackwater, Texas behind for good. I didn’t belong
in the small town, but my dad wouldn’t listen. He dragged me back home in his beat-up truck
and dropped a bomb along the way: Chase Matthews was moving in with us. He was the golden boy of
my high school, my former best friend, and the last person I wanted sleeping across the hall. His
presence was too great a reminder of the ghosts I was trying to forget.
I didn’t ask for a hero. I don’t want to be
saved.
To me, Lilah Calloway meant late nights sneakin’ out, moonlit hair, and
sparklers in July. She was my best friend until the day she left and I’d assumed Blackwater had
seen the last of her. Then, like a tempest, she rolled back into town for the final half of senior year. The
chopped hair and dark devil-may-care attitude warned most people away, but I knew if I fought hard
enough, I could find the lost girl.
I didn’t want to be her hero. Some girls don’t need to be
saved.
I am a lover of books, chocolate, reality TV, black labs, and cold weather.
Seriously, if I had it my way, I would be curled up on the couch with all of those things...
everyday.
I live in Texas where I spend my free time writing and reading. My favorite authors
include Mindy Kaling & Jonathan Safran Foer. I'm a comedy geek and love all things
"funny". Women like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling are definitely the biggest
inspirations for my writing, though I think my work tends to skew a bit smuttier than
theirs.
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