CHAPTER NINE
She was all alone. Who had she been kidding? She couldn't protect herself in this world. She couldn't even control anything in her life on Earth. What hope was there of positively influencing her life here, where the normal rules of existence didn't apply? Nancy pressed her face into crossed arms and let the tears flow.
Her body shook. None of this was fair. Life wasn't fair. Life wasn't good. Life was hope for a future you were never going to have. It was gazing around at all the suffering and believing, arrogantly, that you somehow deserved better than everyone else. "Why am I here?" she screamed into the darkness. "Why bring me to this place just to let me die?"
Nearly ready to give in, Nancy's leaned back on her hands … and felt it … the familiar feel of the bird figure
