The Cure For Boredom

Jenna Myers starts out with the kind of life most girls would envy-sweet boyfriend, loving family, predictable routines in a quiet Florida town.
It's so perfect it's boring.

But boredom doesn't last.

After her newborn brother dies from SIDS, Jenna's world collapses. Her grief pulls her straight into the orbit of her cousin Tessa-who drags her into cocaine, all-nighters, and eventually court-ordered rehab. Months later, Jenna gets caught and ends up in the same facility, stuck in the same destructive cycle. Rehab doesn't save them. It traps them together long enough to get pregnant.

So they run.

From Florida to California, the girls survive off prostitution, drugs, strangers, and whatever numbness they can find. They fall in with Parker and his crew, drifting from state to state until Jenna ends up married just to stay alive. But chaos doesn't slow down-Tessa loses her baby, the crew abandons them, and a car accident takes Tessa's life before Jenna can stop it.

Then another crash kills Parker and leaves Jenna pregnant and alone, with nothing left but the one place she's been running from:

Home.

The cure for boredom turned out to be chaos-addictive, dangerous, and nearly deadly.

⚠️ Content Warnings:
This story contains:
drug use & addiction
cocaine use
teen pregnancy
prostitution
homelessnes
death (including infant loss, car accidents)
grief & trauma
graphic emotional distress
unsafe situations involving minors
Reader discretion is strongly advised.