Broken Pieces of Livy

What Doesn't Kill You, Makes You a Warrior

My screams filled the halls as my bones were being set. The doctor yelled at me to relax my hand.

As if it were I that was stopping the doctor from moving it. It was my pieces of bones stopping the doctor.

They gave me a shot of morphine and one nice nurse quietly asked, “Where did you get that black eye?”

Dedicated to the Moab Police Department in Utah for their Gabby Petito video. Nonfiction, educational tool.

©2022 Susie Harrison (P)2022 Susie Harrison

Powerful! This story NEEDS to be HEARD!

Livy … Being used by one for a way out, left her ripe to be used for prey by another. All Livy wanted was to love and be loved. Was that really so much to ask? Jay … he seemed so nice, so caring, so perfect, but time tends to show one’s true colors, and with time … damage occurs … defenses erode and there but for the grace of whatever higher power … go any of us. I was sitting, happily listening to what started as a jaunty little tale of a young girl venturing out on her own. She’d had a setback, but she was soldering on, holding her own. Then came a day where she wasn’t her jolly ole’ self … and her boyfriend Jay didn’t take well to Livy not performing as HE would have liked! I’ll not give any details away, that would be playing spoiler. I will tell you that I was STUNNED by what happened next! It took me a few seconds before I could hit stop! I was gobsmacked! I caught my breath, backed up the recording, hit play, and checked to make sure I heard right. I had. I’ll also tell you that “Broken Pieces of Livy” is a gut wrenchingly honest, at times bitingly raw story that pulls no punches. Spellbinding is the only word that comes to mind when describing this story. As I was drawn deeper and deeper into this story, feeling Livy’s tension build toward the crescendo … I found MY breath tightening, I could feel Livy’s fear, her desperation! I was awestruck! This story may be billed as fiction, but my take is that it’s someone’s reality! At the very least, “Broken Pieces of Livy” is most certainly a cautionary tale, a story that NEEDS to be heard and NEEDS to shouted from the rooftops … for all of us, for if just one life is saved, just ONE, then it’s a win for everyone. Five fantastic and necessary stars!