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Forever

      Changed

 

 

 

 

 

    Jamie Gibson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forever Changed

Copyright © 2013
by Jamie Gibson

All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law
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The book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events or real people are used fictitiously. Names, characters, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
                          

Cover was designed
by Stephanie White of Steph’s Cover Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Tyler, Baylee, and Adrian for you are the light that burns deep inside me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“This story about an awesome girl has unraveled me. I got to hear it from the author herself. It was one amazing story! I absolutely love this book. Forever changed
def changed me and how I look at this book in general. Jamie Gibson is one talented author!!”

                       
Jenny McNeal

 

 

 

 


I absolutely love Forever Changed. It was a great experience having Jamie Gibson read it to me, so that I could help her by listening from when she first began writing it. It gave me cold chills because it is that good. I love the movie Twilight and the books, but this book is pretty close to being by far my favorite book ever. I can’t wait to hear the next one.”

                             Kayla Caudill

 

“I received an early version of Jamie Gibson book Forever Changed to give it a review, and by reading it, I feel as if she has

talent as a writer and has wrote a fantastic book worth five stars.”

                             
Mark Mackey

 

 

“I had the pleasure of reading an advanced copy of Forever Changed, and let me tell you, the experience left me feeling like the title, forever changed. I know anyone who reads it will feel the same way.

The storyline was incredible. I was intrigued from the very first page right through the end. The twists and turns were well thought out and really kept me on my seat. That, coupled with characters that were so dimensional you felt like you were dragged into the story right along with them equals a book you won’t be able to put down. This is one book I definitely recommend everyone to read, but make sure you’re well rested when you do because you’ll probably lose sleep willingly finishing it.”

                            
Jaimie Hope

 

“A wonderful fresh story told by an up and coming Author (Jamie Gibson). The story tells the tale of a young girl (Elizabeth), coming into her own and learning to be who she is. This Author has put a new twist on what who you can be if you put your mind to it, with some help from family and friends. Twists and turns abound in this story and keep you guessing even after you think you have it all down. The characters come to life and flesh out a story that will keep you reading long into the night.”

        
Roy Ezell AKA Backlotanimation              

 

 

“Great book!
Amazingly descriptive. Really transforms you into the book. Makes you feel as if you’re standing right next to the characters. Keeps you captivated wondering what's going to happen next! Def a book to read if you want to escape reality for a while!”

                     
Bree Stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prologue

 

“Don’t let go Elizabeth” Lucas screamed at the top of his lungs.

             
“Please don’t let go,” he whimpered.

             
“I can’t hang on much longer,” I cried out.

             
Lucas was hanging on to both of my hands, for his dear life. He was dangling over the edge of the 300- foot waterfall. I locked eyes with him, my blue eyes to his crystal blue. At that moment, we both knew that I was going to let go. There was nothing else I could do. I couldn’t hold on to him and I was losing my grip.

              At that instant, memories flashed before my eyes of all he had put me through. That was enough for me. Something grew within me. Something changed. My eyes turned red as blood. He saw this change and knew what I was about to do. Terror struck his crystal blue eyes as he bore into my red ones. I heard the rushing water and I felt the wind whipping wisps of my dark brown hair in my face. The clouds grew dark and the wind picked up, thunder rumbled, and streaks of lightning flashed all around.      

             
“Don’t do this, Elizabeth!! Please don’t let go.” Lucas screamed. You could hear the terror in his pleading voice.

             
“It’s time to let go” I told him with half a smirk on my face.

             
I let go!

It took him a minute, after trying his best to hang on to my limp hands. I was entertained, but he couldn’t hang on long. I
listened to Lucas scream as he plummeted 300-feet into the pool of water below. I watched as his body slammed into the rocks and I was half hoping that he would resurface and come after me. He never did though. I watched as his body was washed down the river, leading through the woods. I felt nothing other than anger.

             
I was still lying on the side of the waterfall, with my arms dangling over the edge, as if I were still holding on to him. I was looking down and afraid to take my eyes off the water, for the enjoyment I would have if he would resurface. I laid there for only God knows how long waiting. Then, with a small grin on my face, my body went limp with the relief that for the first time, for as long as I could remember, I relaxed! My secret was safe, but I knew at that moment, I was forever changed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 1

 

             
I hid in the shoe and coat closet in the front room. It smelled of musk, sweat, leather, and dirty socks. I wanted to gag or find somewhere else to hide, but I was too terrified to open the brass doorknob. I was safe here. If I squeezed really close to the back wall, I would be concealed from anyone who opened the door, searching for me, in the vicinity of all the coats.

              The luxury of having a big house is that there are so many different closets and rooms to choose from. I was really wishing at this moment to be on the third floor hidden in the little room, I found by mistake.

     The door was hidden behind a huge old painting-of a man and woman sitting on a little boat in the middle of a lake. He is paddling and she is sitting in the back holding an umbrella, to keep the sun off of her.

The hidden door led to a hidden room where I keep
all my things. Things, I didn’t want anyone to know about. It made a great hiding place. I wished I was hiding there instead of this smelly coat closet.

I could hear them screaming at each other and the smacks my father handed out so easily.
I heard footsteps and heard running. I knew without a doubt my mother was running to keep from enduring another painful blow from my father.

My father screamed, “Put it down!”
He was angrier then I have ever heard him.

I knew this was not going to be pretty and out of curiosity I had to see. I eased my way out of the arms of the co
ats and looked through the keyhole. They were in front of the door; I could see my father and the look on his face. I couldn’t tell if he was angry, scared, or if a mixture of both.

“You don’t want to do
this Maggie,” he said.

“O
h, but yes, I do,” my mother spat out at him. “I loved you and have been with you for all these years. I have been by your side through everything. I have taken your abuse for one too many years. You have turned me against my daughter for what you are and what she is going to become. She will be just like you and I will not take another one. If I would have known all of this before I had lain with you beneath that willow, I would have NEVER married you. I would have NEVER been by your side or took your abuse.” Even though she was screaming, my mother screamed ‘never’ even louder.

I didn’t know what she was talking about. It angered me that my mother wou
ld say these things to my father.

“And I
would have NEVER created a child with you. I NEVER will be able to love her, not like I would have been if she were, normal. Seventeen years of living in fear, taking your abuse, and hiding your secret from the world and our daughter, ends now.”

“You are waiting to tell me this now! Don’t you dare bring Elizabeth into this
, you pathetic excuse for a mother, wife, or a woman for that matter.”


How dare you! She will be the one to change this world, with my help. She needs me and needs practice, so that we can perfect what we have. She is the last of our kind. She needs protection and I am not about to let you take that away!” He screamed this at my mother.

I was so lost and c
onfused. I looked at his face. He was so dead serious that he could squash my mother, like a cock roach, with just his eyes and not think twice about it.

I looked up at my mother through the key hole. She
was standing two feet away from the door. She was holding a double-barrel shot gun and pointing it straight at my father’s chest. This must be why she was running, to seek the protection of a gun. I am assuming it was to keep my father from hitting her.

Her face was pale and as white as a ghost, except for the bruise
s that my father had dealt out so easily. Her nose and lip were trickling blood down the front of her white sundress. Her hair was matted to her forehead from the cut that was still gushing blood. My father must have punched or pushed her so hard, that she hit something.

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