At seventeen, Kaylee was taken from the orphanage by her birth parents and brother. She had hoped to finally experience the family love she had missed, but instead found their adopted daughter Vivian lavished with affection. To secure her position, Vivian framed Kaylee for an affair with the heir, leading to Kaylee's exile to a boarding school for girls. The school, however, was a facade for a living hell. Confined there for three years, Kaylee was tortured relentlessly, her spirit broken. On the eve of her return home, she was diagnosed with cancer. Utterly desolate, Kaylee renounced all ties to her family, resolved to sever every connection before her death.
