Epilogue
-(Ruthie's POV)-
"Mom, dad, Mrs. Lane…" I started crying. "Yes…Doug did rape me."
It's been two months since I've said those words.
I've been in counseling since. But it just doesn't help.
Doug Lane is still in my nightmares. I'm still afraid
that someday he'll come back and hurt me again.
There has been little happiness in my house since I
announced my rape. But, however, there was a little
bit of celebration last month when Chandler and
Roxanne got married. But since then…total
blackness.
I no longer want to kill myself, it's just a waste of my
life. But I still feel like
I'm trash because of what Doug did to me.
Amy keeps saying how sorry she is for what her son
did, but I don't blame her for anything. Doug was the
who made the choice. And speaking of Doug, he was
charged with twenty years in prison for the rape of
me and one of his old girlfriends, Becky, from high
school. Ten years came for each rape. Becky's case
was discovered shortly after mine.
I'm still staring out my window. I have
been throughout this whole story's retelling. I still see
people walking, talking, and laughing below me. how
I long to be one of those people once again.
I want to be happy again, but I can't move on. Doug
just keeps on haunting me. The memory of what he
did has forever been labeled 'the tomorrow of Ruthie
Camden'.
I ask my myself these questions a lot. Will Doug ever
leave my mind? Will I ever move on? Will I ever be
happy again? Will I ever see tomorrow?
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-Alexa