Chapter 100

VOLUME FOUR: HOLLOW

Mandy

"My name is Mandy and I tried to kill myself."

I'm not sure where the strength is coming from for me to say these words in front of a group of people I don't know. But here I am, in a meeting.

A meeting I've been told I will have to attend every day while I'm here, and if I want to get better, I may as well get used to it.

"Hi, Mandy."

The amount of voices speaking back to me is more than I thought there would be when I came into this room, but as the time came closer for the meeting, people just kept streaming in. So here I am with a bunch of people I don't know, trying to fix a life that's gone completely sideways.

"I tried to kill myself too," one of the girls sitting on the opposite side of the circle from me says. "Went at my wrist with a pink razor, complete with moisturizing strip."

There are some laughs, and it makes me feel slightly better about my situation.

"The thing was," she continues. "I didn't really want it to work, and mayb