As a six year old child in Montessori school, one day without warning I saw everyone around me as if we were in a movie. There I was an unobserved participant who wanted to hide. I laid my head down on my desk as I retreated further into myself, creating my own distance from those around me. I'm saying this to give insight into what may have shaped me from a time I don't remember. In this story the main character is left, from early on, feeling of little value. Growing into adulthood, and unaided for her symptoms of abuse, she is captive to dysfunction until discovering real and lasting love...