Lay Me Down
She’s done surviving for everyone else. Now she’ll live for herself—even if it kills her.
Kylee has always kept her head down. At school, she’s invisible. At home, she’s broken—caught between a stepfather’s rage and a mother who refuses to see the damage. The only way to cope is silence. Numbness. Disappearing.
But then Price moves in next door.
He’s all wrong for her: too charming, too curious, too determined to see what she’s worked so hard to bury. Still, Kylee can’t help but let him in. And with Price comes something else—something she can’t explain. Scratches on her skin she didn’t make. Whispers in the night she swears aren’t hers. Visions of a girl who looks just like her, begging to be remembered.
As her grip on reality frays, Kylee must choose: stay hidden in the shadows of her pain, or face a truth darker than she ever imagined. Because someone is watching her. Someone who wants her to forget.
But this time, Kylee won’t be anyone’s ghost.
A haunting, emotional slow-burn romance with a twist of the paranormal. Because sometimes the bravest thing a girl can do is write her own heartbeat—and choose to live it out loud.
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Chapter: I'm Your NeighborShe gave it another tug, and then put her body into it. She held the ring with both hands and planted her feet against the wall. She stepped away, dumbfounded. She knew the door was heavy, but she couldn’t be that weak. Someone must’ve locked it after that family went inside.She walked around the steps and peered through the wavy glass of the window. She spotted her family sitting in a pew toward the back. She pressed her face closer, searching for Price.There he was. His dad sat ramrod straight, listening to every word. Lisa had her eyes on something in her lap, and Price was poking her, whispering in her ear. He’d combed his hair down and parted to the side like a choirboy. It made him look younger, but in an angelic sort of way.
Last Updated: 2025-11-28
Chapter: Meeting the EnemyHer parents were eating without her and hadn’t even set a place for her. Her mom poked at a piece of chicken with her fork, her eyes tired and droopy. Kylee paused, surprised to note she’d gotten a haircut. Her dark blond hair hung around her face. But it wasn’t styled, and the cut didn’t flatter her. Bill shoveled his food into his mouth, his perpetual sneer in place. In the kitchen, flies buzzed over the sink full of dirty dishes.“Theresa, you know how to use salt, woman?” He kicked at her chair leg.She lifted her eyes to glower at him. “Next time salt your own food.”Kylee cleared her throat. “Sorry I wasn’t here. I needed to get out for a bit.” She waited for a reprimand,
Last Updated: 2025-11-21
Chapter: I Don't Get YouThe bus ride home was pretty quiet. Kylee stared out the window, the scenery less exciting now that she knew she was moving closer to home. She turned to Price, who rested with his head against the back of the seat, eyes closed.“Are you sleeping?” she whispered.“No,” he murmured, peeking one eye open.She smiled at him, and he smiled back, which relieved her. “Are you okay?”He shrugged. “Yeah. Tired, I guess.”His hands were clasped in his lap. Gathering her courage, Kylee reached forward and touched
Last Updated: 2025-11-14
Chapter: Beg for MercyKylee choked back a gasp. “Yeah, okay,” she said, aware of the prickly burning creeping up her face and into her hairline. Hot, it was so hot in here. She resisted the urge to run from the store screaming. She pushed opened the door, annoyed by the jingling bell.Price paced the sidewalk in front of the store. He stopped and stared at her when she appeared, his rigid expression relaxing. “I thought maybe you wouldn’t come out.”“Okay, that lady was weird.” She stepped up to him, stopping a few inches from him and looking up into his face. “But I don’t think she’d get away with kidnapping me.”“What did she say to you?”Kylee shrugged. “Nothing that made any sense. Let’s go back to the beach.”Price found a shady spot where they watched the volleyball game. He lay down in the sand, taking Kylee’s hand and tugging her down next to him. She didn’t try to resist, relishing the warm feeling bubbling up in her chest.“What time is it?” she asked after what seemed like a few minutes but was
Last Updated: 2025-11-07
Chapter: Don't Have Sex with HimKylee stepped closer, but didn’t see the name of the store.“Kylee? Where are you going?”“Hmm?” She turned her head in Price’s direction without taking her eyes from the store. She didn’t realize she’d crossed the street until the door was right in front of her. She reached a hand out to it.Price grabbed her arm. “Kylee. Are you okay?”“I want to go into this store.”The words had already left Kylee’s mouth before she realized what she’d said. But the instant she heard them, she knew it was true. She had to get inside that store.“Okay.” Price squinted up at the sign. “I don’t know what store it is. I’ve never been in here.”“First time for everything.” She grinned at him before pushing open the door.A bell tied to the top of the door jingled when they walked in. The smoky scent of incense fille
Last Updated: 2025-10-08
Chapter: The Birds and the Bees“Where are we going now?” Kylee asked as they exited the cafe and started down the sidewalk, moving farther away from the boardwalk. Not that she really cared. Price had taken her hand again, his fingers slowly running over each knuckle. They could go nowhere, as far as she was concerned.“The bike shop.” His eyes lit up. “I haven't been in months. Come on.”He pulled her down the street, turning a corner and stopping in front of a store with a bike tire hanging from the front, spinning in the wind. The name rippled on the awning. It took Kylee a few seconds to make out the words, “North End Cyclery.”“I didn’t know you ride,” Kylee said, squinting up at the flashing spokes. “Actually, I didn’t even know you have a bike.”“I do,” he said, his voice slightly miffed. “I just haven’t ridden it since we moved.”“Why?” Kylee focu
Last Updated: 2025-10-03
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