It's Such a Mad, Cold World
Summary: Fifteen years have passed since Hannah O Connor last set foot in Starr's life. Now, at seventeen, Hope Thornhart becomes the best of friends with a fourteen year old girl named Raegan Charles. What happens when Raegan discovers what her estranged mother did in the past? And what happens when Hannah O' Connor comes back for her daughter?
Couples/Pairings: Hope Thornhart/ Evan Sinclair, Raegan Charles/Alexander McBain, Sierra Morasco-Fish/Trace Lovett. James Ford/Starr. Past: Cole Thornhart/Hannah O' Connor. Hannah O' Connor/Anthony Charles.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Life to Live, or any of it's characters. I do, however own Anthony Charles, Trace Lovett, Evan Sinclair, Alexander McBain, and Raegan Charles.
Prologue: A Picture Perfect Memory
Raegan's POV
The only memory I really have of my mother is when I was three or four. We were at a beach with my father. For whatever reason, she was only allowed supervised visits with me. I remember the wind blowing through my honey blonde hair and I remember laughing with her, as we tried to find the pretty seashells. It was such a fun day and with my mother and father on either side of me, it finally felt like a real family. A normal one. At the end of the day, she handed me a beautiful white and pink jewelry box, that played a sweet little tune when I opened it up. Inside, there was a necklace. A golden locked with blue sapphires in the shape of a rose in the center. It was something that I've worn around my neck, ever since. After giving me the gift, she hugged me and kissed me, before she got back into her car and drove away. That was the last time that I ever saw her again.
I'm curious about her. Whenever I ask my father what's wrong with her, he wouldn't tell me. He'd say that I was too young. It was his way of protecting me I guess, but daddy certainly couldn't protect me forever.
Hope's POV:
Being the daughter of a man with a life sentence in prison, has never been easy. I've never had many friends because I would always get in fights, defending him to people. Ever since I was six years old, other kids having been telling me what a bad guy he is. But that's because they don't understand. I guess that not many people would. I didn't understand why he was in such a horrible place, until my mother told me the day that I turned thirteen. I knew that he shot a man in cold blood. One that couldn't defend himself because he was handcuffed to a police car. I knew the reason why too. My daddy had thought that the man had killed my mother and me, only to find out that he hadn't. My fraternal grandmother tried to take the blame for the murder at first, but dad couldn't bare to see his mother go to jail for something that he did, so he admitted to the crime and has been in jail, pretty much ever since.
There's more to the story though, I know there is. Mom and James-my stepfather, won't answer my questions about where we were exactly when dad thought we were dead. They tell me that I'm too young to know. That never bothered me until this year, when I became friends with a girl who's family had their own secrets...
Next Chapter: Hope and Raegan meet and an instant friendship is formed. Flashbacks of the past.