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CHAPTER TWO, amen was stuck in my throat
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warnings, homophobia and bullying
ALICE DRISCOLL IS PERFECT. At least that's what most people believe. If you ask her parents, for example, they'd tell you Alice is the perfect obedient child God intended her to be, that she prayed every night and never failed to repent for whatever sins she may or may not have committed. After all, everything in her life has taught her that there's a right path and a wrong path you can follow, a darkness and a light. She hasn't walked in the good one in a long time, not at her God-worshipping private school and definitely not at Hackett's Quarry.
Alice wasn't exactly sure why her parents and younger siblings perceived her as such an angel, especially when in reality; she was quite the opposite. She was a sinner. She knew that much for sure, and she was positive that everybody around her was as well. They knew of her depravities, probably better she did.
She is so terrified of the world and what they might say and do about her so-called rebellion against God. How it will alter the reality she lives in, how her family will react when they learn just how much of an evildoer she really is, they'll surely condemn her to an entirety alone, it just makes it so much harder than it's already been, accepting this part of her. Being alone is her biggest fear, that nobody will love her for who she is. Who she truly is, but in reality it's a burden, hiding who she is, feeling how she feels, but she tries anyway, every damn day she tries.
