A Second Chance

"goodbye, sara"

Luke

I flipped the pages until I got to the last entry. I hesitantly read it out loud.

"Dear Journal,

It's been so hard. I don't know how I'm still alive. Maybe I'm already dead, but my brain is still making dreams of what could have happened to me if I was alive. Maybe I'm just crazy.

I want to say goodbye to Sara first. I don't want to leave without saying goodbye. I'm not going anywhere worse.I'm not going somewhere better either. Just somewhere I don't have to worry about surviving, somewhere I don't have to worry about keeping myself alive. Somewhere I won't even be alive.

I don't want to do this, but it's the only way to escape. He's been hurting Sara and I more than ever now that he's got his paycheck. And he's using the money on drugs and alcohol that make him much worse. I don't see any reason to keep living. The way I'm living, I don't think I'm even alive.

So, Goodbye, Sara. I hope you escape one day. I hope you live one day. I'm sorry that papa had to do this to us for the past 3 years. I'm sorry that I never tried to fight back for you. But it's been so hard. If you ever do get out, just remember me. I'll never forget you. As long as you never forget me.

Goodbye, Sara.

Hope you find a way out soon.

-Samuel

3/16/2014"

I didn't notice Sara was crying into Calum's shoulder. She cried for almost half an hour until she finally stopped.

"That was last year." I said.

She nodded. Calum got her a bottle of water. She didn't drink it, she didn't even open the bottle. She just sat silently, staring the the bottle in her hands.

"I'm so sorry, Sara." I said.

She stayed silent. We all sat in silence until Ashton and Michael came in the room.

"She'll be getting out on Monday." Ash said.

"Just two more days." Sara said softly.

"But where will she live?" I asked.