BROKEN

Chapter 3

My name is Sydney Adams and am an 18 year old high school graduate who just got accepted into Yale. I think you've picked that up already.I live somewhere in the ever beautiful and boisterous city of New York 

I am tall and slender with a curly dark shoulder length hair, black eyes and beautiful smile. Ive got my moms gorgeous looks. My height however, I think I picked from my dad. We don't live together - me and my dad. He left us when I was six and never came back.

You see mom and dad went to the same high school, however they only started dating in college where they were "lucky" to find themselves. Long story short, mom got pregnant and they got married because apparently moms parents would hear nothing about raising a child out of wedlock. Turns out relationship didn't work out well between the two love birds because six years later am left to be raised by a single mom.

Mom doesn't talk much about dad. I think she still loathes him and it gets quite harder these days to remember the man he was from when i was six. I  remember his dark chocolate skin and his dark brown eyes. I can almost still remember the sound of his laughter and the richness of his voice. Ive always wondered why he left. Why I didn't at least get an explanation...granted, I was only six then but how about now? Why hasn't he reached out to me. If he had problems with mom, why take it out on me? Why did I have to grow up without a father figure? I guess i'll never know right?

Anyways mom is a doctor. She has always been my role model. When I was younger, I'd always want to go to the hospital with her, mostly because there was this kind nurse who always talked sweet and bought me candies and also because she'd let me wear a coat and pretend to be a doctor.

After I got into high school, mom started going on medical missions around the world. She's never really home. Don't get me wrong. Am not complaining or anything like that. I like that she follows her passion and works to help people in under developed places with no basic medical facilities. She is a great mom. She'd be on the first flight home whenever I needed her and she wont sleep at night without putting a call through and saying goodnight. It's just, well she's never home for long

Ive always had a passion for helping hurting pets and birds and humans. I was always bringing home birds with broken wings or legs or injured strays and stuff like that. I loved to play doctor when mom got a bruise and try to clean it up. Ive always dreamed of pursuing a career in medicine which is why i worked my butt off to make sure I got accepted into Yale. Yea I know what your thinking. Your wondering why i threw my acceptance form into the bin. Its a long story. It all started grad night......

I can still hear the noise and music from the party, still smell the booze and sweat and sex in the air. Grad night party- the party that changed my life forever and not in a good way. I could have decided not to go and maybe sit back and watch movie after movie on netflix or eat a bowl of ice cream and fall asleep on the couch or I could have at least tried to stay sober and not get carried away because I was graduating and having the time of my life with my two best friends and handsome soccer player boyfriend, but no I got all careless and carefree and let my guard down and now I have to live with the regret forever and its not just the regret, its the pain in my heart and the silent anguish that I feel, the loss of friends and the sting of betrayal, the nightmares and depression and the sick feeling of guilt and shame. 

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                                                                Authors note

So guys, I originally wanted to make this a filler chapter but I changed my mind. It's just supposed to be something short that gives you a description of  Syd and a little bit of her background so you can have an idea of where she is coming from and get a better understanding of where she is going.

Ive never really been to New York city even though thats where am setting the base of this book but I have read a lot of books so I'll try  to make sure your not disappointed. The plot will be moving to a new location soon though.

Yep and some of you are thinking "WTF happened to her? Well you'll just have to keep reading to find out. Don't worry the story is still picking up the pace. I'll throw in a little bit of humor along the way so please be patient and watch the book unfold.

I'll work towards getting another chapter out by Friday.

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