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A few hours later, I pulled down the dirt road that led through the winding Evergreen trees. Beneath the canopies, a small cottage was worn down by years of abandonment. Small valleys of the shingled roof and the moss-covered stone chimney greeted me. My heart ached as I grew closer, tears filling my eyes as every memory flooded into me. This was Deidra’s cabin. A woman who was far from anything I had ever met. The first true friend I had ever really had. She had taught me many things, but most of all, she taught me to love myself again. She taught me that in order to love others, I had to love myself. I had to forgive myself for the bad things I had done. And I did. I forgave myself. And became something more. I remembered the day she was taken from me. A group of mercenaries murd