That Night

"I will never forget that night. It is etched in my soul and every fibre of my being. It changed me. It still haunts me. I don't think I will ever get over it or learn to live with it as people often say I will. How can I? How can I forget what happened to me and my friends that night? How can I move on? People often say I will never forget it but I will learn to live with it. I hope that is true. But the weight of what happened is so heavy on my shoulders and in my chest. I can't hold it by myself. But who will ever want me after they find out what happened to me or if I ever tell them? What kind of person survives something like that?"

Jess has been trying to get over that night for two years now. At this point in time it feels like she will never be able to move forward from what happened to her. The night terrors, the scars, the flashbacks, the trauma, the letters. What is she to do?

Jess has Leroy but will he stick by her side? Or will he leave like everyone else has? Jess feels jealous that everyone gets to leave and she must continue living as her. Why can't she leave? She has tried but she can't even do that right.

This is Jess' story of survival. No one gives you a guide when you go through something traumatic. You are just left to your own devices. You somehow have to come up with the ideas and answers all on your own. I hope that this book serves as a guide to help you through your trauma and hardships. Jess doesn't have all the answers, far from it, but all she wants, all she has ever wanted, was for people to live their best life.

Jess doesn't know what her best life is anymore but she knows, and hopes, that it involves Leroy. If he leaves her, she would be destroyed far more than what happened that night. She believes he is the one for her. Her soulmate. Her everything. He has been there for her through all of this. But what if Tristan comes back? Could they survive another ordeal? Only time will tell...