Saving Everest

2019·1.12 MB·english

by  Sky Chase

Saving Everest
Sky Chase
CONTENTS
A Note from the Publisher
Dedication
Poem
Chapter 1
Poem
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chatper 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
A Note from the Publisher
This novel deals with themes like suicide and depression. If you or anyone
you care about is having similar thoughts or experiences, please know that
there is support available. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
provides 24-hour assistance at 1-800-273-8255 or
SuicidePreventionLifeline.org. For global resources, refer to
w.tt/HelpPreventSuicide for international helplines.
Dedication
To Marlee
For I wouldn’t have known true friendship
if it weren’t for you
Poem
Every time you cry, I feel it. My eyes swell with fat salty tears and
my lungs deflate. My throat becomes dry and my heart twists in
knots.
I feel every ounce of your pain.
And I’m so sorry.
I know what it’s like to feel like you’re just floating through life.
That you feel like you have no purpose.
That only if you died, people would understand your pain.
Do you realize that there are millions of people who understand
exactly how you feel?
Depression houses millions of people.
It’s tragic because you didn’t choose to live there; it kidnapped
you.
Please escape.
You don’t have to give up. You can’t see the world because
depression blindfolded you, but life is truly beautiful.
It’s so damn beautiful it brings tears to my eyes.
I didn’t see it before.
You don’t know how much I wish I would have dragged the blade
upon depression’s skin instead of my own.
I look back and wonder why I added more pain to myself. It
doesn’t sound logical.
I lived life with a lock on my lips. I was dying inside, but no one
knew it. The key sat hidden under my heart, but I was oblivious.
I believed that there was no saving me.
Please don’t believe that.
Because you deserve to be happy.
I looked at your smile before this mess happened, and it was
golden.
Chin up, you’re golden.
1
Beverly
It wasn’t every day that you heard about the most popular guy in school
attempting to end his life. It was actually the last thing I expected to hear
this morning.
All summer I dreamed about this day. Working three jobs, you kind of
can’t help but dream. Lifeguarding was where I decided I should probably
try out for cheerleading. Working concessions at Heinz Field was where I
came up with the idea of trying out for the musical. Being at 21 Daisies
Café reminded me that I couldn’t sing or dance, but in reality all I wanted
was to make my last year of high school memorable. Now, with the halls
caving in from all the talk of suicide, I wished nothing more than to forget
this day. The voices of the other students echoed through the halls.
Although different they were all the same.
“Why are we even talking about him?”
“It’s not like he actually died.”
“Who would have known Everest would do this?”
“He probably tried to kill himself because he realized how much of a
demon Cara was. If I was dating the devil’s spawn, I would try to kill
myself too.”
As I walked on the freshly polished floors of the halls and digested the
poisonous conversations I passed by, I subconsciously found myself