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Chapter 13 - The beginning.

I decided to forget the past and the first step was not to refer to Layla again through the mother term. This word is remarkable and has great power if she did not want me, then it was time to move on. Although radical, this decision helped my walk.

For a time my father tried to talk to me, as I did not answer your calls, he began writing and each week three cards came. They became two, and suddenly one day he gave up. Never get an answer must have hurt him, but it needed to be done was the most prudent.

A new phase was the next step, and I can state that defined the emergence of a new Sophia. A month and a half after the beginning of treatment, Dr. Marie concludes that it was time for a change and advised my grandmother to enroll in another school. This would be the perfect opportunity for me to get in touch with girls my age. The classes of the semester was about to begin, and Grandma chose the same institution where Tess studying about a year.

I had so much information about the place, in addition to Tess mentioned in our conversations; but the college it looked nice in their descriptions, as well as routine. At the time I was in treatment, we were more united. She visited me often, which became a good distraction. After all, the early days were the most difficult, was in bed most of the time.

Tess took games, movies and books to try to cheer me up. When I had a crying jag, she hugged me. So sometimes Tess became a friend for a sister. Upon learning we study in the same college, she was overjoyed and made various plans for our first day which included everything from backpacks to buy uniforms experience.

At first, the idea of ​​going to a space full of other girls scared me a little, my previous experiences of coexistence were not good, but a change meant fresh air. This led me to make an important decision: hide my tragic story because no one should feel bad for me. I tried to free myself leaving the past behind. I asked Tess that kept my secret, and as a good friend, she learned to respect the decision.