Erin had it all. From a wealth, a family, great three older sisters, the best schools, the best friends, best high school, best clothes, and and she was even privileged with her own appearance.
But all that changed for Erin, once she turned eighteen, she experienced more than one soul can deal with. Even though somewhere along the time she was growing up, she had a rough childhood. She took down a lot of beating, bashing, threats, yelling and scolding from her overly-stressed mother. Her father was always out of town for at least seven months, but would come and check on them for two months and then go back at it again.
March 03, 2013. Erin's parents went through a fatal crash that lead to the instant death of her father, and her mother went into a coma. But she didn't last long, eight months later she woke up and was inserted into a mental hospital half of her brain was damaged due to the accident. That didn't last long either, four months later and her mother passed away.
Erin needed change, at the age of twenty years old she decided to finally take a turn in her life. She packed up, grabbed her passport and decided to move away from a place she called home and torture. She had memories, she had nightmares, but mostly she had nothing left. Her sisters moved on, one got married, one got divorced and has kids, and the other works and constantly travels.
Erin moved, she knew she will suffer to go into a college and have a side job. Although she was brilliant and got in by scholarship but that wasn't enough for a twenty year old that wants to be independent and live alone.
She was broken but strong. She had no one but she felt the whole world was on her side. She had no one and didn't feel like she ever did. That was until she met him, and him, well until she met them. Things got complicated for the girl that never needed anyone.
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"The worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren't worth the truth."
He bit his lip.
"I wanted to te-"
His eyes began to water and as a single tear fell he looked at me and said "but what if you've been lying for so long you don't know how to tell the truth?"
"I have and so will you."
He shook his head, shut his eyes, and leaned his forehead against the glass. "And here I was thinking you would admit that you don't tell the truth either."
I gripped the telephone as my knuckles turned white. "What do you mean?"
"Come on Zoey I've seen you sneaking around acting like you're busy. You're hiding something and you won't tell me."
All Zoey Campbell ever wanted to do was keep her head down and get through high school. Too bad it isn't that easy.
Zoey is tired of everything and everyone. She is tired of being pushed around and tired of watching in the shadows. She is tired of pretending to like that girl that doesn't even know her name. Tired of pretending that she is ok when she isn't.
She is constantly hoping for a better way out thinking she should just disappear. All she wants to do is scream but no matter how loud she screams no one can hear her.
Don't worry things just get worse. Everyone thinks she's a "sick" girl and just another suicide case waiting to happen. I mean what kind of girl sits by herself everyday right?
Zoey is running out of time and she thinks no one has tried to help her until her "special" speech in class. No one really cares about what she really thinks anyway. It just that feeling of pity. Everyone thinks she really is sick but she knows she's not. But what if she is? Maybe all it takes is that one thing to make her snap. As her life gets thrown into chaos and deep dark secrets she can't help but try to figure out the truth. Will she find a way to let her new friends save her or will she just end up as another suicide case?
*Disclaimer wrote this in 2017 when I was 14.