If Only We Had Known. #FiveYearsSinceCollabContest
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Complete, First published Jul 02, 2020
Five years ago, Casey Matthew's, a passionate, bubbly and cherished young woman was found devoid of life in a traumatic affair at a high school summer camp in Chicago that prompted the severance of a group of friends who once were practically family. Many were lead to believe that Casey committed suicide yet other's are under the impression that this was a tragic homicide. Her friends who bared witness to that appalling night, unable to save her, eventually fell apart and chose to walk separate paths.


Five years later, they all meet up at an unanticipated reunion to unveil the unsung secrets to Casey's life song. 


If only they had known what they know now, would thing's have unraveled differently five years ago?


Would they finally be able to go to sleep without being haunted by Casey's death?


You only know what you've lost when it's gone. It could be friendship, love, or even the death of someone special to make you realise that in the end, life is such a fickle concept to grasp, especially if deep down, you are fighting a losing battle against the enigma that is life. 

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Prompt:

Newadult:Summer Camp

 It's been 5 years since a few friends' lives became irrevocably intertwined at a summer camp. Now their paths have crossed again and they must all come to terms with what happened that summer.
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