Dalton,
I
loved you once. A love I thought irrevocable. A love I mistakenly believed
could transcend both time and circumstance. Under the influence of my
dimwitted, naïve, traitorous heart, I became intoxicated with what I now know
was simply a figment of my self-indulgent imagination. So drunk on the feeling,
I couldn’t see what was right in front of my face. So foolishly enamored, I
blindly followed my heart into the depths of an emotion that would ravage
me.
Years
later, I know now what I wish I knew then. I am stronger. Smarter. Tougher. I
will not allow myself to be broken again.
I
loved you.
I
raged for you.
I
wept for you.
And
now, I’m letting you go.
Author’s
Note: Under the Influence is the journey
of two childhood friends that spans the course of five pivotal years in their
lives. It is a story about their discovery of true friendship as it blossoms
into first love, their experience of crucial sacrifice and ultimate betrayal,
and their endurance of agonizing heartbreak on the way to finding lasting
redemption.
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L.B. Simmons is a graduate of Texas A&M University
and
holds a degree in Biomedical Science.
She has been a practicing Chemist for the last 11
years. She lives with her husband and three
daughters in Texas and writes every chance she gets.
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