*~Destiny~*
Todd
He was seventeen years old and locked up in a high security juvenille detention facility until his eighteenth birthday. If he did as much as one thing wrong during the term of his incarceration, the judge had said he'd be locked up Statesville Prison for a much longer sentence. He didn't want to spend time in Statesville, so he was trying to be on his best behavior.
At the facility, he worked from dusk till dawn, splitting logs and maintaining cemeteries. It wasn't exactly exciting or easy work, but it kept his mind off the complications in his life. When he was a little boy of eight, his mom had deserted his family. She had left him behind to be raised by a cruel and abusive father who had treated Todd no better than a filthy animal. He had spent his years with his father, feeling worthless and unwanted. With every abuse his father had committed against him, the rage inside him grew. At sixteen, it had all exploded. Todd had stolen his father's car in an attempt to escape his unhappy life. He didn't get far when his dad had alerted the police. After being pursued by cops for well over an hour, he wrecked his father's car and ended up behind bars. No one listened to him when he said his dad had been a child abuser. They had just assumed he was a troublemaker and carted him away.
Todd wasn't alone in the facility. He had made friends with Jason Webb, another misunderstood young man who had been locked up for several offenses. The two had forged an unlikely friendship, but both were far more mature and wise than most of the other young men in the facility. Jason had a plan to escape the facility and run away to Canada. He had drawn maps and formed extensive plans outlining his and Todd's escape.
Todd always listened to Jason's plans, but he wasn't so sure he wanted to escape. Fear of being caught plagued him. He didn't want to end up in Statesville. Just one more year, and he'd be a free man. But that summer, everything would change for Todd.
Because that summer, Todd Manning would met his destiny...
Marty
She was seventeen years old and locked up in a convent. Her hateful aunt had sent her to a convent-school after the accidental drowning death of both of her parents. She remained at Sister Mary-Catherine's School for Young Girls, receiving her education while her aunt traveled the world, spending the fortune that had been entrusted to her after the death of Marty's parents.
At the convent-school, Marty made excellent grades. All the young girls looked up to her. She threw herself into her studies as her school work was all she had. No family members ever came to visit her, and she was all alone in the world. One day she hoped to become a famous doctor, then she could help the sick. All she had ever wanted was a family; someone to care for her and love her.
Marty wasn't all alone in the convent. She had become close friends with Megan Gordon, her roommate in the school for girls. Megan was like a sister to Marty. They always shared all their secrets. Only Megan knew of Marty's sorrow of losing her parents when she was seven and of the horrible nightmares that still plagued her. It had been Megan who comforted her when Aunt Kiki didn't come or send a card when it was Marty's birthday or Christmas.
Marty wanted an escape and something more for her life. She did not want to become a nun. Instead, she hoped to become a famous doctor, get married, and raise a family. She was waiting until the day she turned eighteen, then she'd finally be able to leave the convent.
But that summer, something changed for Marty. After a walk in the forest, she had came face to face with her own destiny...