Abused by her father from as far back as she can remember, Leilani has never been sure what true love is-not unless it is someone trying to molest her one minute, then beat on her and emotionally blackmail her the next.  Though she tried to tell her mother what her father was doing to her when she wasn't around, she wasn't believed and the beating she got for lying broke a rib, by "accidentally tripping and falling down the stairs" - she was nine.  From this 'lesson' she was taught that the best way to deal with this 'love' was to keep quiet, otherwise, things got worse.

Although Leilani's mother contracted Hepatitis C she was strong for years, until she got pneumonia and died, Leilani's mother passed away when she was 11, leaving Leilani in her abusive father's care, and things inevitably got worse and the sexual abuse started. As the abuse became more intense, her only escape was her imagination that she would one day be free to be someone else...Imprisoned in her father's 'care' until her 16th Birthday.

Six years of her life has passed and Leilani now 22, has ended up in Dead End, addicted to anything to numb the pain that reality brings and making the same mistakes over and over. Vulnerable and alone, she tries to move on with her life, whilst trying escaping her past demons...