Trying To Move On…

Excerpt from my new book Shackles –

…..”The thought of having to tell anyone was unfathomable after working so hard to bury myself deep inside this exceptionally small box that had become my identity. I wanted more than anything to try and tear down the walls I had built, but I didn’t know how.

As I tried to climb my way over that wall, I started to regain a sense of my old self. I began hanging out with my friends and playing sports again. For the first time in a really long time, I felt like I wanted to move on and try and find a little bit of peace and happiness.

With that, along came a boy–I’ll call him Alexander–who I ended up dating for four years during high school. We started hanging out and passing notes to each other in class and smiling at each other as we passed in the hallway between classes. The innocence between us was refreshing. This is how things should be. I couldn’t believe that this could actually erase…”

Want to read more? Find out what happens in my new book, Shackles, coming out in two weeks!

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