Chapter 160 Getting Better

I was in the hospital for two weeks. Two weeks of healing and encouragement from my support group. They consisted of doctors, nurses, peers, and of course, Rick.

I had sessions with doctors. They helped me with medication. They also encouraged me to talk about Aunt Beth and her abuse. The life I li...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 Prologue

2. Chapter 2 The Boy

3. Chapter 3 Flashing Lights

4. Chapter 4 Smack

5. Chapter 5 Your Job

6. Chapter 6 Rescue Dinner

7. Chapter 7 Confused Emotions

8. Chapter 8 Decisions

9. Chapter 9 Guilt

10. Chapter 10 Stranger

11. Chapter 11 Little Dancer

12. Chapter 12 Should've Known

13. Chapter 13 So Tired

14. Chapter 14 Olivia

15. Chapter 15 Injuries

16. Chapter 16 Fretting

17. Chapter 17 Blue Eyes

18. Chapter 18 Cold

19. Chapter 19 His Name

20. Chapter 20 Questions

21. Chapter 21 Buried

22. Chapter 22 Business Deals

23. Chapter 23 Trap

24. Chapter 24 Accusations

25. Chapter 25 Shield

26. Chapter 26 A Choice

27. Chapter 27 Comparison

28. Chapter 28 Friendly Advice

29. Chapter 29 One More Chance

30. Chapter 30 Mine

31. Chapter 31 Hurtful Memories

32. Chapter 32 Regrets

33. Chapter 33 Sickness

34. Chapter 34 Dealing with Beth

35. Chapter 35 How Did She Get This sick?

36. Chapter 36 Alarm Bells

37. Chapter 37 Pick Me Up

38. Chapter 38 Swirling Doubts

39. Chapter 39 Mind Blown

40. Chapter 40 Harsh Memories

41. Chapter 41 Choice

42. Chapter 42 Complaints

43. Chapter 43 Bitter Relatives

44. Chapter 44 The Right Thing

45. Chapter 45 Stalking

46. Chapter 46 Rough Life

47. Chapter 47 Proof

48. Chapter 48 Going Crazy

49. Chapter 49 Women

50. Chapter 50 Little Livy

51. Chapter 51 Flirting

52. Chapter 52 Hurting

53. Chapter 53 Playing with Fire

54. Chapter 54 Keeping Secrets

55. Chapter 55 Stupid Little Liv

56. Chapter 56 Pressure

57. Chapter 57 Chilly Mornings

58. Chapter 58 Other Forms

59. Chapter 59 Angry Rants

60. Chapter 60 Bit of Morning Gossip

61. Chapter 61 Thinking About It

62. Chapter 62 Another Unexpected Visitor

63. Chapter 63 Keep Coming Back

64. Chapter 64 Out For Blood

65. Chapter 65 She is Nothing

66. Chapter 66 Property Damage

67. Chapter 67 Tainted

68. Chapter 68 Rose

69. Chapter 69 What Could've Been

70. Chapter 70 What I Deserve

71. Chapter 71 Enough

72. Chapter 72 Darkness

73. Chapter 73 Snickerdoodles

74. Chapter 74 Clash

75. Chapter 75 Stalking

76. Chapter 76 Making it Official

77. Chapter 77 The Ring

78. Chapter 78 So Proud

79. Chapter 79 Honestly

80. Chapter 80 Worth Wanting

81. Chapter 81 Hope

82. Chapter 82 Freedom

83. Chapter 83 New Life

84. Chapter 84 Staff

85. Chapter 85 Take My Time

86. Chapter 86 New Home

87. Chapter 87 Trash

88. Chapter 88 Apology

89. Chapter 89 Family Dinner

90. Chapter 90 Drenched

91. Chapter 91 Ready for Me

92. Chapter 92 Feels Like Home

93. Chapter 93 Glowing

94. Chapter 94 Double Trouble

95. Chapter 95 Julia

96. Chapter 96 Focus

97. Chapter 97 My Life

98. Chapter 98 Just In Case

99. Chapter 99 Leave!

100. Chapter 100 Confused

101. Chapter 101 Mistake

102. Chapter 102 Should've Known Better

103. Chapter 103 Broken

104. Chapter 104 Running

105. Chapter 105 Unsteady

106. Chapter 106 Left Behind

107. Chapter 107 Screwed

108. Chapter 108 Cold

109. Chapter 109 Remembering

110. Chapter 110 Nightmare

111. Chapter 111 In the Beginning

112. Chapter 112 Little Dancer

113. Chapter 113 So Cold

114. Chapter 114 Crazy with Guilt

115. Chapter 115 Paid

116. Chapter 116 Vexation

117. Chapter 117 Pacing

118. Chapter 118 Waiting

119. Chapter 119 Cold

120. Chapter 120 Giving Up

121. Chapter 121 Unfrozen

122. Chapter 122 Real Man

123. Chapter 123 Frozen to Death

124. Chapter 124 Earning Your Trust

125. Chapter 125 Dancing Snow

126. Chapter 126 Gentle

127. Chapter 127 Life

128. Chapter 128 Announcement

129. Chapter 129 Cleansing

130. Chapter 130 Home

131. Chapter 131 Eggshells

132. Chapter 132 Encouraging Visits

133. Chapter 133 Routines

134. Chapter 134 Dancing

135. Chapter 135 Rock Star

136. Chapter 136 Reconnecting

137. Chapter 137 A Win

138. Chapter 138 Back to Reality

139. Chapter 139 Bad Idea

140. Chapter 140 Trap

141. Chapter 141 Soon

142. Chapter 142 Dark Shadows

143. Chapter 143 Provocation

144. Chapter 144 See-Through

145. Chapter 145 Wrong Kind of Dancer

146. Chapter 146 Confronting Mother

147. Chapter 147 Contracts

148. Chapter 148 Storm

149. Chapter 149 Caged

150. Chapter 150 Freezing Again

151. Chapter 151 Somewhere

152. Chapter 152 The Sisters

153. Chapter 153 Past Feeling

154. Chapter 154 Out Of Time

155. Chapter 155 Safe

156. Chapter 156 Regrets

157. Chapter 157 Sorrows

158. Chapter 158 Waking

159. Chapter 159 Transfer

160. Chapter 160 Getting Better

161. Chapter 161 Coming Home

162. Chapter 162 Missing Her

163. Chapter 163 Reconnecting

164. Chapter 164 Confessions of the Heart

165. Chapter 165 Preperations

166. Chapter 166 Butterflies

167. Chapter 167 Wedding

168. Chapter 168 What's Next

169. Chapter 169 Charlie's Tale- Dark and Stormy Night

170. Chapter 170 Nightmare

171. Chapter 171 Morning Goodbyes

172. Chapter 172 Escape

173. Chapter 173 Taking Care of Myself

174. Chapter 174 Trent Miller

175. Chapter 175 Angel

176. Chapter 176 Coffee Date

177. Chapter 177 Questions and Answers

178. Chapter 178 Panic Attack

179. Chapter 179 Sisters

180. Chapter 180 Boy Talk

181. Chapter 181 Questions

182. Chapter 182 Texting

183. Chapter 183 Nerves

184. Chapter 184 Anatomy

185. Chapter 185 Calming Down

186. Chapter 186 Dealing with Bullies

187. Chapter 187 Obsession

188. Chapter 188 Chasing

189. Chapter 189 Running Away

190. Chapter 190 Confronting My Emotions

191. Chapter 191 Second Thoughts

192. Chapter 192 Letter

193. Chapter 193 My Mistake

194. Chapter 194 What Contracts?

195. Chapter 195 Paranoid

196. Chapter 196 I Like You

197. Chapter 197 Invitation

198. Chapter 198 Names

199. Chapter 199 Uncle Jay

200. Chapter 200 Yearning

201. Chapter 201 Breathing

202. Chapter 202 My Truth

203. Chapter 203 My Plan

204. Chapter 204 I've Got You

205. Chapter 205 Nervous

206. Chapter 206 Introductions

207. Chapter 207 Family Dynamic

208. Chapter 208 Our Destination

209. Chapter 209 Spies

210. Chapter 210 Trouble

211. Chapter 211 Evidence

212. Chapter 212 Josie's Story

213. Chapter 213 Paranoid

214. Chapter 214 Fathers

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