Her life had been one big clusterfuck up to this point. She was twenty-six years of age and in the past two years had lost eight close friends and family members.
Her best friend Fiona was one of the first to die. She committed suicide by hanging herself when life had become altogether too much. But she had no idea of the heartache she left behind.
After Fiona, she lost her grandfather, two grandmothers, an aunt, and another friend. Then on the one year anniversary of losing her grandmother, she lost another aunt as well as another friend.
To summarise, life was truly fucking her and doing it royally.
On the day of her grandmothers one year anniversary, she lost her friend and aunt. That was the moment she decided she was going to stop carrying about what everyone thought about her. She was going to do what she wanted, with who she wanted, when she wanted, and no one was going to stop her. From that moment she was out in the world for her own gratification and she would take it all.
On a 10th of July, she was stood in front of her wardrobe, which consisted of everything black. This is me. In a constant state of mourning, she thought to herself. Pulling all the clothes out, she found one solitary dress that was not black. She had completely forgotten about the red dress.
The red jersey wrap dress with its plunging neckline and spaghetti straps would do just nicely. She pulled it from the wardrobe and put it on. Standing in front of the floor length mirror, she stared at herself, running her hands down her sides, across her stomach and down across her hips.
"Not bad." She smiled at herself.
She pulled on a pair of black leather heels, grabbed her bag and headed out the door. She hailed a cab as she walked down the steps of her house. A passing cab screeched to a halt to pick her up.
Handing the driver a fifty, she gave him an address and told him not to ask any questions. They travelled in silence for about three miles before stopping at a residence with large electric gates.
She thanked the driver as she got out the cab.
She walked to the gates and pressed the buzzer.
"Yes?" a deep voice asked.