Silence is Golden

"We sat there for a while longer, just holding each other and crying. Mom seemed like she had moved on easily, but dad and I, well as you can tell, we aren’t anywhere near moving on. The wound was still fresh, and the tears never ending."
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Trauma can sometimes change people. Sometimes it's for the best, other times it's for the worst. For sixteen year old Lacey Hanley, it was for the worst. After her brother's untimely death, she falls into siletn stupor. Her parents have given up on trying to get her to talk, her friends have abandoned her, and all she wants is for her brother to come back to her.

After six months of silence, will she finally break when some new people come into her life? Will she finally find a reason to talk, to sing, to play again? Old habits are hard to break, especially this particular one that Lacey has acquired.