Chapter 17

Ginger

"Everything can change in an instant." I had heard that phrase many times throughout my life, but I had never really stopped to chew on it, to savor the meaning those words can leave in your mouth when you break them down and make them your own. That bitter feeling that accompanies all the "what ifs" that stretch out when something bad happens and you wonder if you could have prevented it, because sometimes the difference between having everything and having nothing is just one second. Just one.

I felt that way when my parents passed away. I couldn't help feeling like I went from having everything to having nothing, and I felt strange when I woke up and the millions of messages I received from them gradually dwindled. I have always been judged for the good relationship I have with them, I never cared what others thought, I was always very close to them and I think it's something impossible to change. My mother and father will always be the most im