Jacob
I made eye contact with Alastair, and I could see the sympathy in his eyes. It was a lot more than I ever could have hoped for, but the pain of reliving the darkest time of my life wasn’t over.
“Jackson and Julie…they died on the way to the hospital. Julie’s injuries were so bad…she went first…then Jackson,” I explained softly. “So much happened after that, Alastair,”
“I can’t even begin to imagine,” he whispered.
“The investigation was horrible. Melani’s family tried to pin the whole thing on me…and because I felt so…because I blamed myself, I didn’t make it any easier on anyone. And because I was eighteen, I went to court,”
“Wait, what?”
“It was ruled an accident. The amount of alcohol in her system wasn’t enough to deem her drunk…it was just an accident. I went to rehab any
