Journal #1 by Ivy Thibodeau (novels for students .txt) 📕

Date: April 22, 201 (Antioch)

I’ve made it, I’ve made it to the end… But I’m not happy. On the way here, we got robbed and many get killed… Pi Lin being one of them. She was too young to die, she had so many dreams and hopes, and now there’s nothing. Her brothers couldn’t deal with her death, one killed himself and the other turned around and starting going home. I don’t know what happened to him.

I don’t think this trip was worth it. I mean, yes, I got the chance to meet someone as beautiful and lively as Pi Lin, but she’s gone now, taken from the world, never to return. I lost most of the money I earned, it got robbed, and a lot of my crops also got stoten as well.

I had said I knew something bad was going to happen, but I didn’t think that this is what it was. I had hoped that it was just that we got lost or something, but nothing like this. Everynight I wake up in sweats, going back to when she died right before my eyes. I could have helped her, I should’ve helped her. But I didn’t, and now it’s my fault she’s dead.

I think I would enjoy it here, in Antioch more if Pi Lin was here, she always knew how to have fun, how to brighten up a dull moment, I loved that about her… BUt it’s gone. I wanted to bring her home to my parents, but I guess it’s too late.

I don’t know if I can keep doing this, the writing. It was one of Pi Lin’s favorite thing, to watch me write, she said she found it calming. But now that she’s gone, I think this is going to be my last entry…

I started this journey a boy, and came out a man. I’ve seen things I never dreamed of seeing, and that, this trip has made me stronger. Not just my body, but also my mind. Now all that is left is to go home and to forget about this trip, although I know I can’t, because that means forgetting Pi Lin and I can’t do that. Bu with this journal, i can always remember her now.

Goodbye dear friend… Who knows if we will meet again.

Yul.

Publication Date: 06-05-2015

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