Sapphire’s Slip-Up

Prologue:





Swerving, breaks screeching, metal against the old oak. A tree that had weathered hundreds of years of storms. A tree who took the impact of our car hitting it head on.





I smelled the alcohol on his breath, the stench, so heavy it nearly turned my stomach. And still I got in that car. Three miles, we were only going three miles, I thought as the slammed into that tree, the impact so hard.



I was awake, and aware, but unable to move.



He stepped out of the car, and walked away, barely a scratch on him.



Something was wrong, very wrong, and he stumbled away, not caring.



At seventeen I thought I was in love, I’m still seventeen, for a few more months, but I’ve come to realize things since then.



Laying in a hospital bed has a tendency to give you time to think and reflect. I was now doing a lot of both.



I thought I had loved Lucas, he made me believe he loved me too, until he abandoned me, leaving me scared and alone.



He had shown his true colors then, I had thought my parents did not want me happy, but they did, and that’s why they kept warning me.



Why did I get into that car that day? Why had he driven drunk?



All the why’s did not change the reality though.























































































Chapter One:





“I don’t want to see anyone.” I cried. The truth was I did not want them to see me.





“I’m coming in anyway.” Divinity said “You’re not pushing me…