~Jaylene~ I hate it when I try to sleep; all I can do is stare at the wall. I have tried everything, including scrolling through my phone for a few hours. I have also tried watching enough videos to help me fall asleep, but it hasn’t worked. The truth is that I have too much on my mind to achieve peaceful slumber. My parents are sh.it, and I’m not surprised. I realized in high school that they were useless to my life. I never thought they would take things this far. Deon has always been someone who wasn’t worth the time. I just wish I had figured that out before giving him so much of myself. I say these things, not realizing that they would actually go this far to get me to do what it is that they want me to do. That is what’s plagued me all night and kept me from sleeping. I have to l

