My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

She thought it was love…

until the world called it something else.

Vanessa was 15

when she got involved with her teacher.

To her… it felt like love.

Special. Different.

Years later,

when other girls come forward with accusations…

The world sees the truth.

But Vanessa doesn’t.

She clings to her version of the story—

even as everything around her starts to fall apart.

Because sometimes…

the hardest truth to face

is the one you’ve built your identity on.