Every Road Leads Back To You
Songs To Stories Volume I
Inspired by: Our Song and Tis The Damn Season by Taylor Swift
Willa Barrett never thought she’d come back to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Not after she left twelve years ago with nothing but a dream and a heart full of reckless ambition. Not after she abandoned the only boy who ever truly loved her, chasing a future that never turned out the way she imagined. But life has a cruel way of pulling you back to the places you swore you’d never return to, and now, with nothing left in Los Angeles but broken promises and an Instagram-perfect life built on lies, Willa is back where she started—standing on the doorstep of the home she once ran from.
Her father greets her with open arms, but the years have left their mark on both of them—estrangement and grief pressing in like ghosts in the walls. And then there’s Tyler Dawson. The boy she left behind. The boy who was supposed to be her future until she threw it all away. Willa never let herself wonder what became of him, never let herself think about the life they were supposed to build together. But Tyler is still here, still in Jim Thorpe, and the look in his eyes tells her he never really forgot either.
As Willa navigates the fractured pieces of her past—her father’s quiet sadness, the town’s watchful eyes, and the undeniable pull of Tyler’s presence—she’s forced to confront the choices that led her here. The girl Tyler fell in love with all those years ago no longer exists, and the woman Willa has become isn’t sure she deserves a second chance. But the road she’s spent so long running from has led her right back to him. And maybe, just maybe, she was always meant to find her way home.
A story of love, loss, and the relentless grip of the past, Every Road Leads Back to You is a breathtaking journey of rediscovery—of what it means to return, to rebuild, and to ask if the one thing you left behind is the only thing that can ever truly make you whole.