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TRIGGER WARNING: murder/stabbing, domestic abuse/violence, mental hospital setting, suicide references, mild swearing. Lila by Jess Chance. Prologue I've been a lot of things in my life. I've been a Suicide Risk, a Liability, a Disappointment, and I've been, for the most part of the last year, a Murderer. That one's my favourite.I've killed people before. A man named Alistair Sterling.But you'll know all about him.Or you'll think you do. TRANSCRIPT: Lila: He was an arse, to put it simply. He hurt his wife loads of times in front of their two...
TRIGGER WARNING: substance abuse, mental health issues, feelings of isolation and loneliness. The Expensive One by Jess Chance.I lived alone. I slept, ate, worked, and felt alone. For three years, I lived this way. Until a friend moved in.We had a strange relationship. He would make me feel so calm, so happy, and then the feeling would wear off, and I'd be crying on the sofa. I needed him. But in the same way a cigarette addict needs to see smoke rising from their lips. I needed him because I needed someone to make me a person again. Someone...
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