Melissa sits in her one-room cabin and mourns the loss of her only son, Jack, who was killed three and a half years ago.She grieves for him every day.And she’s having trouble accepting the fact that Torrance, the man who killed her son, gets out of jail today…he just finished serving a two-year sentence for manslaughter after fatally stabbing Jack with a pair of scissors. Three hours after the killing, Torrance’s blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. Yes, he killed his best friend…and he doesn’t remember doing it.Torrance was 16 at the time, and Jack was 21.Melissa misses the close relationship she had with her son…it cannot be replaced.She misses him calling her up and taking her out for dinner…looking after her when she was sick…joking with her…having someone to lean on.“I have no sense of life,” she thinks.“Why has everyone forgotten where I am…how I’m feeling?” she muses.She is alone…separated from her husband…and her daughter, Julie, is gone—the memories were too painful for Julie so she left town after her brother was murdered.Jack would have been a father today…his girlfriend was pregnant by the time he lay dying.But Melissa sees hope in the future…with her granddaughter—Melissa will make sure Meagan knows who her father was.

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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