𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 | 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓 | (𝟏)

𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

"𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑁𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤—𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑑𝑜—𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑..."

"...𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔..."

"...𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢"

...🏀...

𝐀/𝐍: Because my babies deserve a dedication...

To the characters who kept me up at 2 a.m., whispering scenes I wasn't ready to write. 

To the ones who broke my heart, healed it, and then broke it again.

To Mylah—for choosing her voice.

To Nathan—for choosing her every time.

And to Leila—for being the reason Mylah kept fighting.

This story belongs to them—and to anyone who's ever loved someone enough to risk everything.

Thanks for coming back to Tree Hill with me. 🖤

-𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘