Trigger Warning: This chapter includes brief and non graphic s****l assault and abuse.
Roxanne
Seven and a Half Years Ago
This party was too loud.
I could barely hear myself think, but I think that was the point. Maybe I just needed to lighten up. It was summer and I was done with high school forever. Being eighteen meant having fun with my friends and boyfriend.
Too bad all I wanted to do was fast forward until I was actually living life. An apartment in Los Angeles, Troy by my side, booking movies and television shows. That was the life I really wanted.
I’d have to settle for this loud ass house party that was getting rowdier by the second.
“Can you at least pretend you’re having fun?” Troy whispered.
“I am, sorry babe.” I stated. “Just daydreaming again.”
“You’re such a space
