CHAPTER 6: Reality Was Harsh and Unforgiving

Genevieve’s POV:

*ONE WEEK LATER*

Once in your lifetime there comes a time when things prove to be difficult; when your past comes back to haunt you in the present. There comes a moment where you have to decide between what is right and what is easy, and in these times there is a chance when you might choose darkness over light; somehow some people survive this urge not because they are born to do good in this world, but because love surrounds them in these moments; love that brings them back from the edge of the fall.

My mother used to tell me that when times prove to be difficult my dear Genevieve see this as an opportunity to surround yourself with more love.

Maybe these words only proved to be good inside a novel; far away from reality, where princesses got rescued by knights in shining armour, or where ‘happily ever after’ existed.

Because reality was harsh and unforgiving; and my reality was turning into a nightmare.