The Paths That Tie (Clementine x Violet)

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"Dear Violet,

H̶o̶w̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶?̶
H̶o̶w̶'̶s̶ ̶E̶r̶i̶c̶s̶o̶n̶?̶

Damn. It's a lot harder to write one of these than you would think. Guess Sophie was pretty talented for being able to write so many of these.

I know I've been pretty much off the Ericson radar for the last couple of weeks. I'm sorry.

I guess a part of me still does care about image after all. Especially to the people I like a lot.

I'm not going to lie to you: It hasn't been easy.

It's definitely better than it was in the beginning, though. I haven't cried in a couple of days, and I've started to speak more to the other nurses and doctors.

Those first few days though? It was an absolute hell. Waking up in a cold sweat, screaming my lungs out from the memory of that night and what occured. I refused to eat, speak, or even look at most of the people who were around me.

Lee's been the only person who I've let into my hospital room. We've...been working it out. We sort've got into a fight before homecoming. I didn't talk to you about it before, because there was just a lot going on at the time, and I didn't want to add more to the flame. I don't think we're still on completely good terms yet, but we're making...progress.

Oh. I guess I should explain to you how the SWAT showed up to save our asses. I'm not sure how well the news has been able to report the story accurately.

Essentially, in the worse case scenario of our plan, I wanted to ensure that we could at least bust the operation no matter what. To be honest with you, while I didn't completely suspect Lily of doing anything with The Delta, there was a small part of me that held reasonable doubt. It was something about all the conversations we had recently that made me have some weird feelings towards her.

So...I remembered what she told me. About how her father had connections with the cops and other resources. From there, I knew that if I told Lee to call the cops, there was a chance that they would of done nothing about it. Which is why, we needed to go higher in the system.

Thus, in my secretly coded text message to Lee, I said, "DONT CALL THE LOCAL POLICE.". From that point, it was sheer luck whether he would know what to do with that information or not.

I guess I can't say that I'm not lucky anymore.

Speaking of the local Ericson police, what are you going to do with the compensation money we received? Mine will probably go towards college, whenever I start to figure out what that'll be.

I haven't even let AJ see me yet. I don't I want him to see me like this yet. Not until I at least have a better grip on my emotional state.

I heard from Lee, though, that Rebecca's been watching over him while Lees been with me. I'm glad.

I wasn't sure about Rebecca at first, but maybe it's not so bad to give people the benefit of the doubt sometimes.

I heard that they captured Lily. I've been interrogated a couple of times by cops for information and they informed me that they were o
able to capture a handful of members, including the self-proclaimed squad leader.

I'm not sure what will become of her. Maybe some things are better left a mystery?

I don't have a clue though on Brody. Even though I always had my suspicions about her, I guess I never considered that she'd be as in control as she was.