Prologue
Hannah was such a sweet girl when I first met her. She was innocent then. Funny how people can change over time. If I know anything, I know that Hannah didn't deserve what she got. She deserved a happy, normal life. But so many things prevented that. So many people prevented that.
She also didn't respond well to everything that happened. She could have done so many things, but she chose what she chose and there is no changing that now.
It would be so easy for me to despise her but I can't do that. For a short while she made my life livable.
You have to be thankful for the good things in life and she was one of the good things for awhile.
I still remember the day she told me she wanted to be just like me.
"Maxine, you are so strong, I don't know how you do it," she said.
"Maybe someday I'll teach you," I told her smiling.
Too bad I never got that chance.
Hannah was such a sweet girl when I first met her. She was innocent then. Funny how people can change over time. If I know anything, I know that Hannah didn't deserve what she got. She deserved a happy, normal life. But so many things prevented that. So many people prevented that.
She also didn't respond well to everything that happened. She could have done so many things, but she chose what she chose and there is no changing that now.
It would be so easy for me to despise her but I can't do that. For a short while she made my life livable.
You have to be thankful for the good things in life and she was one of the good things for awhile.
I still remember the day she told me she wanted to be just like me.
"Maxine, you are so strong, I don't know how you do it," she said.
"Maybe someday I'll teach you," I told her smiling.
Too bad I never got that chance.
