In the days that passed, I found myself slowly but surely becoming the person I was before this entire ordeal began.
It might have been two months since Leah was charged and sentenced to a life sentence but it still impacted me daily. Luckily for me I had an incredible family and an amazing boyfriend in Luke who I now lived with, to reassure me that everything would be okay and be there every step of the way to my final recovery.
I was sat on my bed, having just finished my shift as the nursery school I had worked at before I left, thankfully they had no issues in returning my to my old position upon hearing of my sudden return, having full disclosure and understanding of what happened, when I decided I wanted to build a scrapbook for Michael's upcoming birthday.
I quickly grabbed boxes from the closet, that contained hundreds of photos, concert memorabilia, artwork from our childhood and things of our parents, pictures, wedding shots and much more that I'd collected over the years but never found something to do with because there was so much of it.
I quickly found some of my favourite photos with Michael, along with a empty leather scrapbook, the strap still holding it closed.
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Two of my favourites were black and white ones when we were both still around the age of sixteen, he'd still yet to dye his hair for the first time as was I, our mum having been dead set against it, these were actually taken shortly before they passed.
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