5/25/2023 0 Comments The way i used to be![]() ![]() Later on Eden begs Caelin not to return to school but he tells her to stop her school-girl crush on Kevin. Instead her mother thinks that Eden is mad at Caelin for not spending enough time with her and she suggests she make new friends. Although Eden acts differently no one picks up that something serious is amiss. ![]() Busy and caught up in her own world Eden's mother doesn't given her the chance to tell her what has happened.Īfter scrubbing herself clean numerous times in the shower, Eden heads to breakfast where she must face her family AND her rapist, Kevin. When her mother enters, she immediately assumes Eden has been caught unawares by her monthly period. The next morning Eden finds herself bruised all over, her underwear on the floor and her bed sheets, comforter and nightgown bloodied. She is taken by surprise in her bed in the middle of the night and told that if she tells anyone he will harm her family. The novel follows her over a four year time period, from when the rape occurs in her freshman year to the end of her senior year.įourteen-year-old Eden McCrorey is raped one night on the Christmas break by her older brother Caelin's friend, Kevin Armstrong. The Way I Used To Be is a gritty telling of a young girl's struggles to deal with her rape. And I'm trying so hard to just go back to my life. ".It's the first day back from winter break. ![]()
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