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Ozara Treasure West never planned on becoming a mother at fifteen, but loving her son August became the easiest thing she’d ever done. Now seventeen and struggling to balance motherhood, school, and dreams of becoming a lawyer, Ozara is determined to create a better future for herself no matter how hard life gets. But staying focused becomes difficult when the person she loves most is also the person slowly breaking her heart. Carden Collins has always been known as trouble — angry, reckless, and impossible to fix. Everyone tells Ozara she deserves better, and deep down even Carden believes it. Still, after years together, neither of them knows how to let go. Beneath his bad reputation is a boy trying to outrun his own anger while chasing his dream of going pro in baseball. As love turns messy, loyalty becomes dangerous, and growing up starts happening too fast, Ozara and Carden must figure out whether their relationship can survive the weight of parenthood, mistakes, and the future closing in around them. Through heartbreak, jealousy, sacrifice, and the love they both share for August, they learn that sometimes loving someone isn’t the hard part… Knowing when to stop is.