When Martia comes home from school she goes back to her daily routine, sitting at her desk, staring out of the window as usual.
She thought about what Trenti said in his suicide letter. His last lines really caught her attention and it also touched her in an inspiring way. She remembers the last paragraph lines exact.
"MALA, YOU HAVE CHOSEN A GREAT, SMART GUY WHO REALLY KNOWS HOW TO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE PEOPLE HE CARES ABOUT. PLEASE BE WITH CHRIS FOREVER, NO MATTER WHAT MOMMY AND DADDY SAY, CHRIS IS A GOOD GUY. I KNOW MOMMY AND DADDY WILL NOT LIKE WHEN I SAY THIS, BUT, I TRUST CHRIS AS MUCH AS I TRUST LORD GANASH, AND THAT'S THE REAL TRUTH. MOMMY, DADDY, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HATE THE GUY SO MUCH, BUT HE IS JUST A GUY WHO MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES AND HAS LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIS MISTAKES. AND MARA, I LOVE YOU SIS, I HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE GUY YOU DREAM ABOUT, AND I WISH YOU LUCK ON YOUR FUTURE AHEAD IN COLLEGE. JOSEQ, BUDDY, I HOPE YOU GROW UP TO BE THE MOST BRAVEST, AND THE BETTER GUY THAT I AM RIGHT NOW, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST AHEAD IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALWAYS STAND UP TO BULLIES WHEN THEY MESS WITH YOU, AND TO NEVER BE A WIMP. AND MARTIA, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW LITTLE SIS, THAT I READ THROUGH YOU WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. I SAW YOUR PAIN, EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE IT WITH ME. I SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS BOTHERING YOU, AND I REALLY WANTED YOU TO TELL ME WHAT IT WAS, BUT I REALLY HOPE YOU TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT BECAUSE I REALLY WANT OUR FAMILY TO BE TRULY HONEST WITH EACH OTHER, AND TO TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT WITH EVERYTHING, EVEN IF THE TRUTH HURTS BECAUSE TO WARN YOU GUYS, KEEPING SECRETS WILL EAT US ALIVE, AND IT ATE ME ALIVE, AND IT WILL SEND ME TO MY GRAVE. THIS IS MY FAREWELL LETTER TO MY FAMILY. P.S."
Those words struck her deeply.
Author Ciara Webb
Story written by Ciara Webb
Co-author Mansi Rupesh More
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