Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Stones of Summer: Instinct ❯ Fall/28 ( Chapter -1 )

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Chapter One
Fall/28
"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable."
Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - )
As we age, there are things only experience can teach us. Yet there are things we may never learn as we are not exposed to the situations that teach us. I have learned things, things I will never forget. And because I hope you will never be exposed to them but truly believe that you should be wholly prepared, I'm going to tell you a story. It has a bit of humor, some love and tragedy, but mostly, it is about a girl who struggles to find her way home and her place in life. She must face her mistakes and live with all the consequences, but do not doubt, she has the courage to face another day.
I'd like for you to learn about the people whose lives were altered so drastically that summer, and the only way for me to do that is for me to show you, through my eyes, what happened.