amberfocus | Another Writing Meme Question Answered

earlgreytea68 asked for number 7, to make up a character on the spot.

Holly Lattimore is 19, but looks 25. She’s one of those kids who grew up fast, too fast, not just mentally, but physically. A good thing, too, since she’s been able to pass for an adult ever since she took her little sister and ran three years ago. All she knew then was that she had to protect Ella at all costs, and witness protection wasn’t doing it, but now the past is catching up with her. Her uncle, who has always helped them, has died under mysterious circumstances. A detective has been sniffing around Ella’s school. And her father has just been acquitted of murdering her mother, something Ella witnessed and repressed, but something Holly remembers all too well. With their father suddenly hot on their trail, Holly knows it’s time to run again, to create new identities, to find a new community to become part of, and so they do. But now Emma’s memories are starting to resurface in horrific nightmares and Holly’s sexy new neighbor, who is also the counselor at Emma’s school, is questioning their identities. It’s all Holly can do to hold it together and try to lead a normal life for her sister’s sake, but she knows all it will take is one mistake and the world she’s built for her sister will come crashing down around them with devastating consequences.