May^a, a ^stud)+.ious: girl, agrees to he] lp her crus^$h Connor pran_.k ,
_Harper`. But Connor ties.# her up wit^+ h zip ties and c-[ov ers her i#n, fake$@ blood. Ha%[r \^p ]er,@ terrified, be#!:^ats her with a steel =.chair/[!, breaking 17 bones. @/M#$aya survives  `after t$\hree months in ICU but is disfi; gured. She rejects sett@lements, test% ifi,es in court, \and ,get^s Har+per ja(i
_l(/e$%d $]a+. nd Connor impris/on!#:/
ed. She move +s\^/ .+\away, :?r; ebuilds h_er] life, -#.a`_nd# studies =/psycho
logy+`= and law. C[onnor spirals into 
/(ma@dne^)_ss. Maya moves= o[n`!, sc\arred [\ but unbroke]@ /n.