Chapter 17

I made us a fried chicken salad with garlic rolls for dinner and we sat down at the table and began to eat. Brooks reaches across the table and places his hand on mine and says he is thankful he gets to spend another night with me. After dinner, we put in a movie and I was laying with my head against Brooks's chest. I must have fallen asleep because one minute I was content watching a movie and the next I was sitting on the ground in the woods from what I can tell and someone was laying on the ground next to me. I leaned over and saw Brooks's face. I shook him but he wasn't responding. I rolled him over and that's when I saw the blood. I screamed out but no one answered. I screamed and I cried. I leaned in and pressed my forehead to his and told him I loved him and I was sorry. I sat straight up and was covered in sweat and had tears running down my face.

Brooks sat up and asked what was wrong and I started sobbing. He pulled me close to him and held me until I pushed him away and sa