Истории Acceptingthepast

Unsure of what the future holds. Still holding onto the past. Every emotion is valid and life is too short. Don't be afraid to be vulnerable - know what it feels like, what it looks like. You are not alone. Believe that you are worth it. You can't change the past, but you can hope for the future. For now, ENJOY LIVING IN THE PRESENT.

My entry for Hulu's #LookingForAlaskaContest Kate was broken and ready to give up. All that changed the night of August 18, 2018, when she opened her heart. ••• Disclaimer: While this is a real story, I did change all characters' names to protect their privacy, including my own. The setting did not change; the night I shared the story of my past really did happen at YoungLife camp.

Alice is a 32YO beauty writer. She writes for one of the most popular online magazines of the UK. She has what many would call a perfect life : a loving girlfriend, an amazing best friend, a job that many would die for and yet she is not happy. Well she is happy but she misses her days as an intrepid freelance journalist... Before to reach a point of no return (depression), she decides to write a summer saga involving unresolved murders, or any mystery actually. Browsing through old cases in old articles (a decade old, not a century), a story caught her attention. Before she knows it, she finds herself investigating in the middle of a small town in the north of England and falling for her suspect number one. Falling for the main suspect was never part of the plan, or was it? Read and find out Note : English is not my mother tongue so if anyone wants to be a beta, you are welcome.

"𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈'𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞; 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞." Moving on is hard, but it's possible. The challenge is how.