"Christine! It wasn't Tom! I should have known!"Christine's heart sank. "It wasn't Tom?" Yes! He wasn't the one who sent me those flowers or candy! I ...elt so stupid going to him and asking him. Can you imagine how I felt when he said it wasn't him? Oh my god!" Janice, calm down. It's better that it wasn't him. He was such a jerk to you," Christine assured her."I don't want to be alone right now Christine. Can I got pick you? We can go catch a movie or something."Christine knew she shouldn't. Okay... Forgiveness accepted..." She took a deep breath and sighed. "As a child, I couldn't bear the pain, all the yelling and mocking. It was like turning a switch, and I magically escaped my fear! I let Melanie #2 take over. And she abused you, degraded you! Or Eric, I'm so sorry!" I love you." Melanie #2 doesn't understand love, just how to accept being dominated. And without your love to call me back, Melanie #2 could become the True Melanie. That's why she... I... tried to destroy our. You guys must have experienced this too. When you are focused on something mentally, even though you are looking at someone or something, you don’t quite pay attention to whatever it is you are looking at.While talking to my colleague, I was also searching for the nail-filer inside my handbag. My fingers sensed the shape of the objects I was touching.I spoke to my colleague for a good 3-4 minutes. In the final seconds, I found the nail-filer. My colleague disconnected the call and my focus. Oh noo, how will i ever survive away from my amazingly awesome dad” she replied as she gave him a hugI stood in the back watching the scene. Stacy’s family and mine had been neighbors since I was born and growing up we’d naturally done everything together. Our parents enrolled us into the same schools, extracurriculars and sports activities.We’d grown up in a small town in the suburbs and never had the chance to eacape the watchful eyes of our parents. So, when college application time came We.