Brooklyn sat down next to Stacey’s grave. The flowers she’d brought the previous week were withering in the extreme heat. As she sat down, she talked to her about everything that had been going on. She missed her more than anything, and you could see it every time she came to the grave site. It was almost as if her backbone was gone.
In the past Brooklyn was far from a nice person. Most people steered clear of her because they wanted to avoid a confrontation with her. She was used to fighting because running the streets for as many years as she did took courage. She was never afraid of anything or anyone, until the day Stacey died in her arms.
Looking back on all she’d been through, it was clear that every incident made her a stronger woman. She thought about the tumultuous relationship she had with her mother and her absentee father. She could even see how her failed relationships with men mirrored the many failed relationships her mother had with men. Every man Janice had been with, including her husband, walked out on her and her true love, alcohol. True, she’d slowed down but she hadn’t quit.
Brooklyn, though never addicted to drinking, could relate, since drugs were at one point her kryptonite. If she could turn back the hands of time, surely she’d do a lot of things differently, but she could no longer live with regret. Life was truly worth living.
She got up from her seated position and headed out of the cemetery. She stopped short of the gates to look back. “Thanks for listening, Stacey. I love you.”
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