At birth Lauren was adopted to parents who cherished and loved her, at 20 months old due to a legal technicality, Lauren was ordered back to her birth mother Barbara Calhoun. Now she sits in a closet at 8 years old, malnourished and battered with nothing to keep her company but a small light cascading in from under the closet door. Take a listen to how Lauren survives in the darkness.

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Music By: Jonas Bjornstand

Cover Art By: Charnell 

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