
Chapters
1. Prologue
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. Four
6. Five
7. Six
8. Seven
9. Eight
10. Nine
11. Ten
12. Eleven
13. Twelve
14. Thirteen
15. Fourteen
16. Fifteen
17. Sixteen
18. Seventeen
19. Eighteen
20. Nineteen
21. Twenty
22. Twenty-One
23. Twenty-Two
24. Twenty-Three
25. Twenty-Four
26. Twenty-Five
27. Twenty-Six
28. Twenty-Seven
29. Twenty-Eight
30. Twenty-Nine
31. Thirty
32. Thirty-One
33. Thirty-Two
34. Thirty-Three
35. Thirty-Four
36. Thirty-Five
37. Thirty-Six
38. Thirty-Seven
39. Epilogue

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Twenty-Three
HOPE
I depicted the bag as the seething gurgling emotions I was trying so despondently to hide. A spark of satisfaction ignited every time I acquired a substantial hit on the heavy bag. I held it by the sides to steady it before stepping back, delivering stronger punches.
Claiming I was pressu...