CHAPTER SIX

ELIZABETH:

BEGINNING OF FLASHBACK

    " it doesn't hurt as much when you actually try to forget it " the paramedic said as they wheeled Dena's body away from the pathway in the woods.. I stood there, shaking not from the cold but from the trauma, from what I had just seen and witnessed

    " can you try to tell us what happened " a cop moved towards me as she pulled out her pen and small book to write whatever I had to say down, what does a fifteen year old like me has to say...

    " I... He... Her.. " I tried to speak but I couldn't, everything came out in little squeaks and hiccups as tears fell from my eyes and filled my cheeks.. I was still shaking even with the blanket the paramedic had put over my shoulder, hugging my knees to my chest...

    " okay its fine, why don't you just try to calm down, we can take your statements tomorrow " the cop said again and patted my hand before walking off to join the other people while they taped the