Everyone interprets life differently. To some itﾒs a small journey on their way to something larger. To some life is beautiful or awkward or sad and to someﾅ. life is hell. For John life seems like hell, but is his life really that bad? To him it is, but to anyone else, it's not. This is the struggle of your everyday misunderstood teenager. John's been given everything that money can buy and yet there's an empty void that he can't explain and can't fill. What he doesn't realize is that everyone struggles, everyone has pain and everyone has a void they search to fill. He's tried just about everything he can think of to fill the void except one..youth retreat. However, that too he quickly rejects and decides to cut out early. On his way out he is kidnapped by three escaped cons and held for ransom. Will his story end in more pain and suffering or will it lead him to the answer he's been searching for. After all life is what you make it. You are the author of your own happiness and your own pain. ﾠIf you enjoy a story with a good twist then this one will leave you questioning what just happened.