Stripped to the Heart

Epilogue - Anna in 7 years time

"It's a little girl" a girl? A sweet little girl, one that I can dress up in pretty clothes and cherish?

"Yes, she looks healthy and looks to have a bright future. What do you want to call her?"

Here comes the hard part, what should I call her?

"I will call her Phoebe Claire Resin, she will take the father's last name and my middle name. Her first name shall be dedicated to one of my best friends, Phoebe Jules. She saved me more than once and we grew close." I had decided on Phoebe Claire Resin because it was a beautiful name and all three parts were from different parts of my life.

As the little girl who was mine and Toby's was placed in my arms, there to stay my mind wandered over my memories. The memories of my 5 years in the mental institution.

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My first year at Nidle Institution was probably the worst, I had 'withdrawal' symptoms and I tried so hard to hurt people. I was admitted to the highest security wards at least twice a month, I was placed as 'most likely to harm people' and 'most dangerous case'. For that year I made everyone's lives around me very hard and tried my best to get out of there.

The second year I had a revelation, if I am really good then they will let me out early. I was supposed to be there for four years, that was how much my dad had paid for at the start. They sensed my change but were very wary.

Eventually I fell into the habit so much it actually became true, my therapists learned about my past and genuinely cared. I let my guard down for once and that was when I met Phoebe, she was my first and only friend that I met there.

Phoebe genuinely cared, she had been sent there after burning down her school. It hit world headlines and they funded for her to be sent away for at least a year, she didn't get the most stylish room so I moved her in with me.

We became best friends and shared everything, I learned she lived with foster parents and that they didn't care. I also learnt she was the same age as me and when she heard my story she was shocked. We were really close until one afternoon they took her away, said she was going well enough to be put back into the foster care system.

Except she wasn't, she burnt her new school down and demanded to be sent back to Nidle Institution. This happened a lot and every time I awaited her with an open door and a large welcome home smile.

With Phoebe I was a better half of myself, we were brilliant friends. Then she met Billy, he swept her off her feet in love and hated me. For some reason she began to as well, it hurt a lot.

One day she left and didn't come back, as soon as she left I became a mess and 3 years into my time there I shut everyone out again. In a desperate attempt to help me they tracked Phoebe down and brought her back.

We, of course spent many an hour arguing but eventually hugged it out and vowed to never leave each other again. I finished my time there and went through all the tests to see if I was still a risk to society. I passed with flying colours and to this day Phoebe and I always see each other, she even lives in my house.

One year after I left Nidle Institution I met a boy, his name was Toby Resin. We fell in love and I became pregnant. I didn't want to know the gender, neither did he so we kept it a secret until she was entirely ours.

Toby was wonderful and he loved me like no one else had, my love life had always been tough but when I met Toby I knew it was perfect. We were perfect, he even listened to my past and stayed with me.

Now we had sealed the deal, we had a child together. We were also getting married in less than two months.

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Back to present time

We have two months until we say our vows and live our lives together with one daughter and hopefully a little boy soon. I want to have the perfect family.

While I was at the Institute I learned a lot and I grew a lot. I'm no longer a mass murderer but I'm also not drowning in the guilt. I never will feel guilt for killing them, that is one thing I know for sure but I will also never condone it enough to do it again.

Toby has helped me and shown me that if I make the right commitments to the right people my life can be good. I can put the past behind me and finally live my own life.

Each day it gets easier and occasionally I have a day where I feel like nothing could be worse and I should kill someone but it's getting rarer.

My father forgave me but I never forgave him, he almost had me killed by giving me this stupid habit. The only good thing about him was he knew when to kill, that is partly the reason why I'm so rich.

But that is a story for another time, perhaps.

My life is back on track, my best friend and I have never been closer. I'm finally getting married to the love of my life and I now have a daughter, one who I shall be proud of in years to come.

The End

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Thank you all for reading, I hope you enjoyed. I really enjoyed writing this and I will be editing the entire book so there will be less mistakes. My author's notes will be removed and it will be pristine clean and perfect.

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