Take the Poison or Not

Alley POV

I left in tears with Ethan and I knew he could feel my heart breaking. I wanted Christian more than anything but I wouldn't lose myself to him. I hadn't even processed what this meant for us. How could we have a life together? Did he honestly expect me to turn a blind eye to all this?

For as long as I can remember I wanted to make this a better world. Turn the system into something that lifted people up, one that gave every person a chance no matter who they were born to. I wanted to be a teacher and work my way up the ladder to make real changes to the education system.

If I could reach the kids before they were tainted with the cruelty of this world, I could help steer them down a brighter path. I was proof that being born to trash didn't mean you would be trash. I was proof that bad shit could happen to you and you can rise above it. Be a better person and not let it destroy you.

I watched so many kids growing up fall so far from grace and it took a little piece of me