'ALL IT TAKES IS SLIT WRISTS, THEN THERE'S NO WAY OUT'

Roseline hates what has become of herself. Dumped by her boyfriend. Divorcing parents. Bullied in her school. Overshadowed by her siblings. Terrible grades. All which translated into an uncertain, gloomy future.

She wants out, and she thinks she gets it when she realizes that the blood running through her veins is all that links her to the cruel world.

She slits her wrists and all that follows makes her realize that this wasn't the out she was looking for. 

She's petrified when she realizes that she isn't really dead (at least not spiritually, as she likes to think) and is watching the consequences of her action unfold in front of her.

Masks fall and awful secrets are revealed, with more lives at stake as Roseline fights her way through, asking herself the same question 'every day'- Will I find a way out out of my way out? Or will I be trapped here? Forever?

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What Follows

﻿Tobias and Benji found me in the Darkoom with the paper clutched in my hand and my knees brought to my chest. And I remember thinking everything through. Thinking about Joshua's fate and Sierra's legs getting roasted in the hell she walked herself into. 


I was thinking about me and my next, endless cycles. I was thinking about how one day I'll miserably celebrate Jacob's graduation, Joshua's marriage and Mom's death as time goes on. 


Because that's the thing with this personal hell. Everything, everyone moves on, except for me. I'll forever be stuck in my sick mind and sickening regrets. 


There's no accepting this eternal doom. There is no 'hey, it'll be okay'. There's no ′hold on for a couple more days, it'll get better'. Needless to say, there'll only be reminiscing of what was and what could've been. And I've been thinking about all this lately, about how I'll live with myself. And maybe, I think, I would've rather lived my previous life over that damned existence. 


19.1: Safe Haven