Body
Chapter 1
January 23, 2001
Colleen bent to blow out the candles of her birthday cake. She was 16 now, and the incident of 3 years ago stilled freshly haunted her mind, Adam made sure of that. He was still in jail, because of it. Here she was, surrounded by a loving family and it took all her energy to pretend to be happy. Adam's torturous phone calls and letters had gotten even worse lately. It was almost every night now, that he called and threatened to kill her as soon as he was out. She closed her eyes and remember the horrific night.
~*~*Flashback*~*~
"Look sweetie, I have this bag of ecstasy, a hell of a lot of money, and you. All we need is a car and we're on our way to total peace. So lets run away together....you and I."
~*~*End Flashback*~*~
Adam's words echoed in her mind. He'd acted so loving that night. But now it was different, now he wanted her dead. All the love she ever had for him was created out of fear. He was now 20 and was soon to be released from jail. The security guard he shot didn't die, and his charges were attempted murder, theft, and possession of illegal narcotics. He had a good scheming lawyer, and was able to only get about four years in and three on parol.
"Colleen, are you okay?" her mom shook her out of her daydream.
"Uh yeah, I'm just not feeling that great, I think I'll go lie down," Colleen stood up and went to her room, while her mom threw her a worried look.
For four months she'd been free of marijuana. She couldn't take it anymore. Colleen reached under her mattress and pulled out the joint she'd bought from a kid at school. She opened the window and lit her joint. Leaning out, she inhaled a long drag and then sighed. Her mind ran away with her as she continued to smoke and a calm feeling enveloped her body. The phone rang jolting her attention to it, and she realized she's smoked more than half of the joint. She had a private line, so no one else in the house would answer it. She stared at it forever, then finally picked it up. She swayed a bit, then gasped when a familiar voice came on.
"Colleen.....it's Adam, you know, the Adam that you put in jail. Colleen? Talk to me dammit!!!! You ditched me that night, left me there, all alone to face the cops. The least you can do is talk!"
"Hello.........Adam," she hesitated.
"Yeah, that's right, be scared and act afraid. You have reason to, cuz I'm outta here in a month!" he laughed for a bit, then said, "You wait sweetie, I'm comin." He hung up, and the silence rung in her ears.
The drugs had settled in, she wasn't thinking, she panicked. One month......one month till the horror began all over again. She couldn't endure it. She rushed into the bathroom and frantically searched through the cabinets, finally spotting the bottle of IB Profin she poured the pills in her mouth. It was too late, she had swallowed. How many? She started crying and crawled towards the staircase, then she started laughing hysterically. Adam had won, it was over....he beat her.
