Emerge

"You never have to be without me, Laney, never."

Evan's words,Evan's lie, nothing more than a hollow echo in my head as I headed offto college, leaving him, home and all I'd ever known behind.

But what my future held... more than I would've ever dared dream of...

There were some hard lessons, and heartache, to be had along the way, but mynew adventure, out on my own and out of my shell, was worth every bumpin the road- learning new things about life, friendship, and myselfproving to be beyond invaluable.

The biggest of those lessons: What you've always known may not be what you've always wanted.

Because, by shutting the door to my old life, the door to my new one opened, and in through that door walked Dane Kendrick, awakening things within methat I never knew existed, unraveling and uncovering the real Laney JoWalker.

I'm a NEW adult...so is my story.