English short-story

By: Megan

Daniel

He is a warm-hearted guy with a painful past. He was often abused by his father and his only friend was a girl, whom he can't remember.
Through his traumatizing experience and deep guilt toward his childhood friend, his mentality was broken into pieces, it erased the bad memories and created more personalities inside his mind as substitution.

Candice

She turned out to be Daniel's childhood friend, but can't remember as her memories were partly lost.
At first Candice came to help Daniel because of sympathy but their feelings grew and together they start to remember their lost memories from their dark childhood and overcame Daniel's DID.

QUote

• "So he held out his hand and Candice felt a frigid touch of his hand. They were holding hands, and Jace had clasped his hand tightly on hers. It was as if he was saying not to go away."

SYMbol: hand in hand

• A feeling of intimacy and assurance
• As kids, Daniel and Candice used to hold hands when frightened.
• This became a habit and when they held hands as an adult.
• As a result, little by little, they were able to reveal their painful past and overcome each other's weakness.

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JACE

Loves violence and is a threat to Daniel and Candice.
When Daniel sees violence, it would trigger Jace's reappearance.

Meaning

• Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.