Always There Bayou

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>When you spend your whole life being a protector it's hard to let others be one for you.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the young age of nine Cory Tate has always had to be the strong one. She constantly had to protect and care for her younger siblings because their mom was busy living a life that no child should ever be exposed to. But even after they moved in with her dad that didn't stop her from continuing to worry about her mom constantly visiting to convince her to do better. However it all seemed to be for nothing when she eventually lost her to the pull of temptation a few days before her high school graduation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now years later Cory is an adult full of regrets PTSD and a whole bunch of bottled-up anxiety and depression. She's standoffish and feels weak constantly blaming herself for things out of her control and taking it out on those who don't deserve it. She believes that showing emotion is weakness and she refuses to be seen as anything other than the strong older sister.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But there </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>is</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> one person who gets to see every side of her...her childhood best friend Denny.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Denali Denny Houston is every bit bubbly lovely and patient. Having been friends with Cory since they were eleven and over the years they're the one person she truly feels comfortable around. Denny knows what it's like to lose a mom. Denny knows what it's like to feel helpless. Denny knows what it's like to love someone who doesn't feel the same for you...or at least you don't think they do.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Follow best friends Cory and Denny as they navigate the ups and downs of adulthood in this emotional rollercoaster of a friends-to-lovers romance. Through drama trauma laughs and love they realize that their happily ever after had been within reach all along.</span></p>