Pieces of Me

Pain and shame eat away at me, like maggots consume rotten flesh…

I mourn the girl I once was. Happiness no longer exists, and my life is in a downward spiral, filled with bad memories and regrets.

All because of one summer.

I slap a smile on my face and fake my way through each day, hoping life will be better, but when my mother falls into a coma, leaving my brother and I to fend for ourselves, I believe all hope is lost.

Then Eryc, my childhood best friend, forces his way back into my life, d...