She used to be perky, fun, and full of
life—everything I hated about girls and their bullshit exterior. People called
her bubbly; I called her “fake-as-
hell.”
The edgy, dark, lonely girl in front of me was not
the Olivia Brennan I knew from high school—far from it, actually. I knew the
story—the whole town knew the story, we witnessed it all. It happened in the
blink of an eye and the girl we knew was gone.
But I refuse to watch it anymore—I
can’t stand it. I’m going to fix it—fix her. It’s time I
showed Olivia her way back…
Back to the girl she used to
be.
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"She really needs to get up. She's been
in that bed for two weeks, Trish," my dad says to my mom. They're right
outside my door again. I sigh softly.
"Leave her be, Greg. She's not ready
yet."
"She's never going to be ready. No
one's ever ready for what she has to
face."
Mom sniffles and I know she's crying again.
I'm so tired of hearing her cry. There's no reason for her to
cry—not because of me. I lived.
I wish I could cry but I can't. I
haven’t cried since I woke up in the hospital. I didn't cry from the pain
of my fractured and broken bones. I didn't cry at the funeral when I stared
down at the lifeless body of my soulmate—the body lying there was
unfamiliar—not at all my Danny. I didn't cry while I struggled on
crutches with a fractured rib over the uneven lawn, past all the weathered
gravestones signifying just how final death really is.
I didn't cry when I lost it at the
people—strangers—who didn't know my friends and my love by
more than a passing hello stood there crying and carrying on. They didn't
know their favorite color, their favorite food. They didn't know Danny chewed
spearmint gum. They didn’t know Simon kept us laughing. They didn't
know Cassidy was our support system. They didn't know Phil wasn't
really as shallow as he led everyone to believe.
They. Just. Didn't.
Know.
They didn't have a right to cry for people
they didn't know—people who weren't good enough for them
while they were alive.
And me? I just couldn't cry. I didn't
even cry when my parents took me home and I stared at the corkboard filled with
photos of me with my friends, me and the love of my life holding one another and
laughing—a life that no longer exists. I stared at it for the hour I waited for
the cemetery workers to cover the graves of those I love most. Then I went to them
with my tequila.
My eyes are locked on that corkboard now and I
can only stare mutely.
I'm numb.
I don't want to feel. I don't want to face
a future alone, so I stay in bed and sleep. Sleep is the only friend I have
left.
Sleep embraces me and holds me tight, blocking
out the pain and grief that would otherwise fill my shattered heart. Sleep enfolds me
in a cocoon of nothingness, and nothingness is what I
crave.
I was born and raised in Wisconsin and still live
here today with my two sons and puppy. (Though one day soon I hope
to move to southern California!)
I’m an avid reader who gets
inspired by reading the stories from my favorite authors as well as
listening to various types of music. I am a huge fan of music, chocolate,
fruit, desserts, autumn, M. Shadows, Avenged Sevenfold, and Milo Ventimiglia.
Through my books, I am proudly creating new Avenged Sevenfold and
Milo Ventimiglia fans one reader at a time.
“The best part of being an author, to me, is
being able to take the reader to that one place they long to go when they need to
escape reality. Knowing I can do that, for even one reader, makes what I do
worthwhile.” ~ Anne Mercier
Hugs and love,
Anne xoxo
Anne xoxo
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