ThreyaMidnight

"So this is what they mean when they say your life flashes before your eyes when you die."

Betrayed. Battered. Broken. 

Evangeline Vermillion has had enough of her pathetic life. She was young—only in her early 20s—and she had planned to end it all by setting herself on fire. 

That was how she met Death—cold, dark, tall, and...handsome? Huh. Who knew the Grim Reaper could look like that? He takes her hand and guides her through the In-Between, the sacred realm between the Land of the Living and the Afterlife. Together, they revisit her most important memories. From the misfortunes of her childhood, to the chaos and bloodshed of the wrong kinds of love, Evangeline must confront the demons of her past to get to The Other Side.

Through all of the pain and anguish, Death stands with her, an enigmatic companion and unlikely confidant. And in their brief waltz between realms, Evangeline finally finds what she always wanted but never had: to belong and to be loved.

Waltz with Death

Standing at the end of the childhood aisle, I felt intense emotions, like starting a new chapter in a book but not knowing what was coming next.

'It was time to proceed to the middle school section,' I told myself, sounding hopeful as I looked straight at the hall ahead. 'The next chapter of my life.'

And with that, I took a step, and at last, I found myself standing in the Middle School aisle.

'Well, that was anti-climatic.' I shook my head, laughing at the naivety of my own thoughts. 'It's rather stupid of me to think that something big would happen just because I took another step forward.'

Anyway, I began scanning my surroundings and noticed that the motif of the memory jars in this section was notably different from the first half of the childhood aisle but was borderline almost the same in the latter section.

Second-Hand Embarrassment