"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."

James A. Garfield

Jules

Friday night we spent the night talking about out secrets. Ashton told us about how he accidentally killed Maci's brother while drunk driving and how his father was blackmailing him into staying with Sara. Preston told everyone how he has always been in love with me and and was using Maci as a distraction. I told everyone about the marriage to Preston and my daughter, Willow. Maci then told us how she learned that she had cancer and how the first year she ignored it and that is why it got worse fast. 

Friday was emotional and hard. Friday was the very last day we had with Maci because she passed away that night. 

She received her final wish. We told our secrets. The secrets that were keeping us apart. She died knowing that we were starting that new chapter without her. 

A part of her knew that night was her final night. She left us a note saying that we were free now and that she was grateful for our friendship. 

It is easy to say that any superhero is our favorite hero but what about the people who fight the fight and fail. Are they not as heroic? They fought that final battle with everything that they had. Is it not heroic to wave that white flag saying that they are done fighting? To me putting in the towel after the final battle is more heroic than to keep fighting and not to get anywhere. I know deep down that if she had the choice, she would have chose to stay. But this choice was taken away from her. She had to deal with her fate that she could not change. 

I'd like to think that she is looking after me. Watching me from afar. Somethimes I think I see her but then I blink again and no one is there. 

I know that she is in a better place.