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*matthew mcconaughey vc* alright alright alright, let’s get into this shall we?? it’s gonna be a lon g & bumpy ride folks so buckle up!!!

to say leah came from a broken family was a bit of an understatement. her mother was never actively in her life, as she was on and off on the road in an all girls rock band; and with a father who was a notorious drunk, it further made for a toxic family dynamic.

as a child, she grew up pretty reserved from others and didn’t much like to partake in “childish nonsense”. at the age of eleven, she grew a love for old time music and had a special affinity for the soft punk genre.  while her mother nurtured leah’s new found interest, her father often tried to repress it and guide her to focus on “more practical things”. with a mother who was constantly on tour for months on end, leah would always abide by her father’s wishes in the end. 

when her mother was around though,  leah often recounts their time together as if it were a scene out of a book or movie. her mother was cultured, artistically inclined and had a warmth and radiance to her which leah looked up to and admired. on the flip side, she was quite reckless and tended to act out immaturely. later, leah would mirror these traits. 

on leah’s seventeenth birthday, her mother was struck by an oncoming semi truck while under the influence. she died upon impact. leah, who was a star on her high school’s track team, an academic achiever and top 1% of her class drastically declined due to grief. she began to act out, get carried away at house parties and “break hearts, not promises” became a motto she proudly wore. literally, seeing as how only a few months after reclaiming the motto did she get it tattooed on her ankle.

she stopped caring about the “more practical things” and found herself wanting to go after a career in music. she knew her dad would never understand and so just when she was about to turn nineteen, she packed up her bags and fled into the night with her dad’s old mustang leaving him, her mothers grave and old life back in pensacola, florida.