EPILOGUE
WOMEN’S VICTIM SURVIVORS CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, KELOWNA CAMPUS
Six Months Later
Chelsea sat on the stage facing the audience. Her nerves were taut, her mouth dry. She listened to Dr. Sauvé talk about her work with abused women. Her hands were folded together in her lap to keep her from wringing them. This attempt to appear calm and professional did nothing to quiet the storm brewing within her stomach and lungs, not to mention the drum beat pounding in her head. She tuned the room out until the sound of applause brought her back. Dr. Sauvé had finished her presentation and stood at the podium in silence waiting for the clapping to cease.
“I’d like to introduce the next speaker. She is a woman who not only was a victim in every sense of the word, but is a t
