-ˏˋ⋆ 𝘰 𝘯 𝘦 𝘵 𝘳 𝘦 𝘦 𝘩 𝘪 𝘭 𝘭 ⋆ˊˎ-

┏━━━━━✦❘༻༺❘✦━━━━━┓

〚 ◖ 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒,
𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 ◗〛

┗━━━━━✦❘༻༺❘✦━━━━━┛

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

𝐈𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄

𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋,
𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄

⭒𝓴𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝓶𝒆⭒

〚 ◖ 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 ◗〛

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

: ̗̀➛ 𝐌𝐀̈𝐃𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐀𝐒,

'𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦...'

'𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘯...'

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 ！

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

: ̗̀➛ 𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐒,

'𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘵...'

'𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵...'

𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐘 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 ！

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

: ̗̀➛ 𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐀 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐇 𝐀𝐒,

'𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧...'

'𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩,
𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦...'

𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐒 ！

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

: ̗̀➛ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐒,

'𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵...'

'𝘖𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯...'

𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓 ！

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

: ̗̀➛ 𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐒,

'𝘋𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯...'

'𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴,
𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘺...'

𝐏𝐄𝐘𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐖𝐘𝐄𝐑

˗ˏˋ 𖤓 ˎˊ˗

〚 ◖ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐄 ◗〛

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆,

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 - 𝙹𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚢 𝙴𝚊𝚝 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜

𝐖𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝙺𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎

𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙵𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚜

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐬 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊'𝚜

𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 - 𝚁𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍

𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐬 - 𝚁𝚒𝚕𝚘 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚢

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐝 & 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 - 𝙺𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎

𝐈 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐞 - 𝙶𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚠

𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚕𝚕- 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚁𝚎𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜

𝐍𝐨 𝐍𝐨 𝐍𝐨 - 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑𝚜

𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 '𝐧' 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 - 𝙲𝙰𝙺𝙴

𝐈'𝐦 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐝 - 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚗

˗ˏˋ 𖤓 ˎˊ˗

〚 ◖ 𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄 ◗〛

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆,

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆'𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓

˗ˏˋ 𖤓 ˎˊ˗

𝘛𝘖 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘚𝘛 𝘎𝘐𝘍𝘛 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘖𝘞 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘔𝘚𝘌𝘓𝘍... Carter Wright had always thought this. Through her life - one filled with turmoil, and grief - change was a lighthouse in the middle of a churning sea.

𝘐𝘍 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘊𝘖𝘜𝘓𝘋 𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘠 𝘈𝘍𝘓𝘖𝘈𝘛... she knew that eventually, she would be able to reinvent her life. From the moment her mom died, she pictured her future as what it could be. She had vowed to make a difference; these plans were thwarted by her father's addictions. Alcohol, pills, gambling, the whole nine-yards. Her goal then shifted. Carter promised herself that the only resemblance she had to her father, would be her eyes.

𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘛𝘏 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘌𝘚 𝘈 𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘖𝘕... Every person she had lost, left a lasting tattoo on her heart. Like a criminal's ink stained hands, leaving behind a convict's marks on her lungs. Her father did just that when he died.

𝘈𝘚 𝘍𝘈𝘛𝘌 𝘞𝘖𝘜𝘓𝘋 𝘏𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘐𝘛... Carter was about to face a lot of change. Kismet came in the form of her Aunt Karen, who offered to let her move in to her home in Tree Hill. A new school, a new town, a new life, everything would be different. Aside from a familiar face...

.𖥔 ݁ ˖

𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋,
𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄

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