This is Brenna Goldman-Sachs, our main female character. The story opens with when her boyfriend Derrick, calls her after work.
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My phone rings just after midnight but I’m not asleep. Infact, I’m barely in my pj’s yet as the second I came home from work, I grabbed my journal and got right back to work again. I put the journal down and checked the screen. It’s Derrick.
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Knowing what I do about Derrick’s father, I’m not sure if I can sit across a dinner table from that man without reaching over to strangle him
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“I can’t go back there alone, Brenna. Will you come?”His voice cracks on those last words, and so does my heart. Almost like another confirmation, I let out a shaky breath and say, “Of course I will.”