Lily’s past made her want to do nothing but remain alone. Alone was safe. That was until she met Jack. Jack made her feel hope again. Hope at a future that she always longed for. But when that future looked promising, Lily couldn’t find the strength to take it and backed off, leaving Jack to wonder if he would always remain alone. Jack had his own past to deal with, but he opened his life to Lily in hopes of a future he knew he deserved. A future they both deserved. As Lily found the strength to take on what they had, Jack found himself fighting his own demons of the past along the way. Would the two of them be able to find the strength in each other to accept their future together? Or were they destined to remain aloneA[a–A].