"Dear Annie,
It's only been a month since you've been gone but, it feels like a thousand years. I can't handle it. The house feels empty without you here. Mom never talks anymore, Dad's a drunk. Alex is always gone with his girlfriend doing God knows what. I am in my room most of the time. Not doing anything. I am failing my classes, not turning in my assignments, not paying attention to the teachers. I feel empty inside. You left a hole in me, a hole that can never be filled. Only one more month until summer. I can't wait to get away from everything. From people asking if I'm okay, people coming over and trying yo converse with us, bringing us meals. It was exhausting. Mom doesn't like it, I don't like it but, we don't have the guts to tell them to go away.
If you were here you would tell them. You would slam the doors in their faces, then we would laugh about it for ten minutes strait.
But, you aren't here. You are gone. God took you away from me. My only sister, my only friend.
I still blame myself. That night, we were on the road. Just two innocent girls walking to 7/11. That man, that awful man came out and grabbed me, you stood up to him and told me to run. I did, and in the distance I head you scream.
I cant get that image out of my head. You, lying there with blood pouring out of your stomach. The last thing you said to me was: be strong.
Well Annie, I tried. I tried so hard. But I can't, I just can't anymore.
I don't know what to do know. Our family is falling apart. I need your guidance. Please help me. Help me Annie, I need you.
Yours Truly, Raven.
