Olivia was only fifteen years old, but life had already forced her to grow up far too quickly. When she was eight, she lost her mother to an aggressive form of cancer. One moment her mother was there helping her get ready for school and reading bedtime stories, and the next, everything had changed. The illness moved so fast that the family barely had time to process what was happening before they were standing in silence at a funeral. After her mother passed away, Olivia became quieter. She stopped laughing as loudly as other children her age. Grief settled into...
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