Prologue
My name is Dirk Strider and I am broken. All I wanted was to be happy. To live my life without trouble and in peace.
But they couldn't let me have that. I never did anything to hurt then, but they hurt me. They broke me. They didn't stop until I was completely crushed. And now it's come to this. I will be giving them what I want, but I think it's also what I want. I'm just sorry that he had to go through this too.
Before I met him, my life was fine. If he wasn't here, none of this would have happened, at least not this soon. Don't get me wrong though, I'm glad he's here! The time I spent with him in these past months have been the happiest months of my life, at least when they weren't around.
It was horrible watching him fall apart at their hands. It was all their fault. I could have been happy. We could all have been fine.
He gives me hope that maybe we can be together after this. After the end. In time, Dave will get over this. It'll just be a fading scar in the back of his mind. My heart breaks for them both, and this is my end.