The Girl That Would Be Lost

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Jake would protect Kat with his life but would he be too late?</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I couldn't remember what it was like to be a child. That innocence was stolen from me at the tender age of nine. The one bright spot I had in foster care was Jake. But nothing good ever lasted long. All too soon he was taken from me and once more I found myself treading water to keep from drowning.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then I met Richard. The golden boy who promised me the world but only gave me more of the same terror I'd known growing up. There was only one way to escape my husband's grasp...run and never look back.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So here I was thirty alone and fighting to stand on my own.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Would I be able to find the happiness I'd dreamed of or would Richard find a way to pull me back under?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When I met Kate at the age of ten I knew she was my soulmate and that I wanted to marry her but my plans were crushed when we were torn apart. Instead she became the memory that taunted me. At thirty-one I'd climbed the social media ladder and lived the life that most people envied yet the happiness I sought eluded me.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So I decided to head home and re-evaluate my life. One chance encounter later fate had given me a second chance. The moment I saw Kate I knew I would lay my life down for her. Richard had taken everything from her and I wanted to be the balm her heart needed to heal.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Could I save her without paying the ultimate price or was Richard's malice stronger than I ever could've imagined?</span></p>