Nicole, like many other teenagers had her whole life ahead of her; college, friends, new romances. All of that drastically changed when she lost her mother at the ripe age of 12, leaving her father, Rick, to raise her on his own. Rick had demons of his own; the loss of his wife made it very difficult to give his daughter the kind of life she deserved. He began drinking and dating women carelessly, specifically one named Shelly, who clearly was just using him. Meanwhile, Nicole had tried desperately to attract the attention of the most popular guy on campus, Brad. She finally landed that date with Brad- feeling happier than she had been since her mother passed away. As if Nicole's life couldn't have spiraled more out of control, the fairy-tale night she had been dreaming of rapidly disintegrated when Brad tried to take advantage of her. The next day, the entire college campus was buzzing about how Nicole was 'all over Brad,' and her reputation took a turn for the worse. She felt isolated- with no one to turn to. Her friends denied her and her father was far too concerned with his relationship with Shelly to see that his own daughter was hurting. She tried extremely hard to focus on the happier times she shared with her mother. It came to the point where Nicole became overwhelmed by her pain and wanted to let it all go...
