A N E W

Shrinking. Harbored breathing. Trapped.

I can't breathe and yet, here I am , surrounded by air.

I hate you, I chanted to myself in this confined space.

I wish I could at least,

But I can't ....

And that's what really sucks.

Riley Wilkerson is sitting down on the floor, early in the afternoon, when she receives an unexpected text from her bae. Shockingly, this news isn't so pleasant and the tranquil world she had finally built collapsed in the matter of seconds. She begins to question herself: was she not good enough, was there another woman involved, what did I do wrong? Follow the young adult as she learns to live anew in an unknown territory, alone, and not so confident about the future lying in the palm of her sweaty hands.

Will she trust again? Be able to love again? Does life even have meaning at this point? What is she going to do?

This story explores the reality of a "simple" breakup, the ups and downs, the light and the dark through the life of a twenty one year old female .