Before She Was Lost

Gretchen's older sister Meredith used to be the only thing that kept Gretchen going. After their parents perished Meredith took her in. Gretchen was raised by her sister. They did everything together. When all of this happened Gretchen was only 6, Meredith only 22. Even though she had little money from her part time job and was unable to go to collage, she did the best she could. She was Gretchen's hero. Her God. Everything was perfect until one day Meredith started coming home later. She was spending more and more time with this guy. Gretchen assumed this was normal but as time went on Meredith seemed more and more obsessed over this guy she was dating. 2 months later he dumped her. She went insane. Meredith started drinking, and taking drugs. One night she even tried to murder Gretchen. She told Gretchen how she had ruined her life and that she wished she had never taken her in. Now Gretchen who thought her sister was all she had, realized, her sister was all she had to escape.