CHAPTER #1 | Before It Ended

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They're not dead. They're not dead. I tell myself. They can't be.

Sometimes your entire world crumbles. The only shred of happiness is torn away from you and you're left with nothing and no one but yourself.

But sometimes that's simply not enough. Sometimes your brain won't process your loss, so you deny it.

Deny it, and it simply go away. Right?

Reality is sickening. It's natural to create a better one as an escape. Sometimes you simply cannot handle reality. Sometimes you refuse to. And why not? Dreams last forever.

I should be allowed my old reality back. I should be able to get them back. I should be able to close my eyes and have them standing there, very much alive. Why won't they come back?

They're not dead. They're not dead. I will close my eyes, and it will all go away.

It needs to go away.

They need to come back.

Keep dreaming, Ava. Keep dreaming until your dreams become reality.

They'll come back eventually.

Right?

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