's landlord didn't bother fixing anything for a girl who technically didn't exist on paper. Her flat was little more than
idn't
uiet. It
re her stories
the keyboard. The walls around her were covered with torn pages, scribbled notes, pr
rating like she always did. "But in her eyes, he found the m
the paragraph
ad developed a cult following online, especially her fictional redemption arc for the fall
s, she gave him s
ne li
attled somewhere below. It was another night of ca
n't wan
nted s
d people survive-l
am's Orphanage the night she was born, bundled in a weathered blanket with n
left behind. At seventeen, she was told she'd ag
nd chipped counters. It didn't pay much, but she saved every penny. Enough to enroll in a lo
ngs were finall
came
they could build a future. But the day after she gave him access to her savings-everythi
issed
weeks later. The owner went bank
nd boiling water on a camping stove. And she wrote. She wrote becau
ote a breakup song for a girl who ended up getting back with her ex. Harper didn't mind.
e night that cha
uzzed. Unkn
gnore
ain. Then ca
R. PICK UP.
Harper c
you mean
r writing! I sent them a few of your fanfics and snippets-they couldn't stop reading! They s
ing about? I thought this
supposed to audition through videos and scripted monologues, show confidence and chemistry. I had to improvise. I told them you had the flu and
t now? You sent my writing t
of hundreds, Harper! They're bringing the top finalists to
stood
Ri
tually read
most s
rd a loud ban
ling her she had until morning. Th
owned, stuffed her printed manuscript
ory. One I get to
ay of changing when
to learn that hers