**Hannah's POV**
It has never been me. I've never been the one to command attention by entering a room. Never been the one to effortlessly have people hang on your every word like you were royalty. I have never been anyone's first choice. Not even my own family. Even they adored my childhood friend and often told me I should be more like her. Even when I tried, I was just never going to be Scarlett Redd.
I will not lie. It made me bitter. Always being compared to the town beauty, their crown jewel. She was beautiful, smart, graceful. She was talented with singing, playing the piano, and could even paint amazing portraits and landscapes. It was like there was nothing she couldn't do. I was nothing like her. I didn't like dresses, I didn't walk like I was made of glass, and I struggled wh
