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    If These Wings Could Fly

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    If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley follows Leighton, a teenage girl living in a troubled home in a small town. Struggling with family secrets and an abusive father, she finds solace in the local bird sanctuary. As she learns to navigate her own path, Leighton discovers the power of friendship, hope, and personal strength.

    In Chap­ter Fifty of *If These Wings Could Fly*, the pro­tag­o­nist reflects on the expe­ri­ence of attend­ing an art show where she must present her own work. Stand­ing next to her piece, *Por­trait of an Old Crow*, she feels the weight of humil­i­a­tion typ­i­cal of high school events. Although Liam encour­ages her to take Art II next spring, she views his praise skep­ti­cal­ly, com­par­ing her­self to an old house in need of restora­tion.

    As the evening pro­gress­es, time drags on painful­ly, and when the clock strikes 7:30, she hasti­ly leaves her dis­play to find Liam. Sud­den­ly, she dis­cov­ers his art­work, which cap­ti­vates her atten­tion. His draw­ings depict a nar­ra­tive of three girls, one of whom resem­bles her in expres­sions and fea­tures, con­vey­ing feel­ings of iso­la­tion and dev­as­ta­tion. The title, “THESE BROKEN WINGS: AN ORIGIN STORY,” leads her to con­front Liam about the piece. Their eye con­tact inten­si­fies the emo­tion­al con­nec­tion, prompt­ing her to ques­tion if he tru­ly sees her this way.

    Feel­ing raw and exposed, Leighton escapes toward the girls’ lock­er room, where Liam fol­lows, remind­ing her that he is her ride and she is stay­ing at his house. Despite the cold winds out­side, their dri­ve to his home is filled with ten­sion and silence, with Leighton pro­cess­ing her hurt. Upon arriv­ing, she firm­ly asserts, “I am not bro­ken,” as Liam apol­o­gizes for the unin­tend­ed por­tray­al. He insists that his art­work was pure­ly coin­ci­den­tal and express­es his regret for not warn­ing her pri­or.

    After a pause, Liam invites her to see more of the com­ic he cre­at­ed, which reveals the trans­for­ma­tive jour­ney of the female character—initially vul­ner­a­ble but evolv­ing into a pow­er­ful hero. As they explore his draw­ings, Leighton admires the fear­less rep­re­sen­ta­tion, appre­ci­at­ing the artis­tic nar­ra­tive and Liam’s intent. Their con­nec­tion deep­ens as they share laugh­ter and gen­tle phys­i­cal con­tact, sug­gest­ing a bud­ding under­stand­ing between them. Ulti­mate­ly, Leighton choos­es to let go of anger, rec­og­niz­ing the impor­tance of what to car­ry for­ward in their rela­tion­ship .

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