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Clare Edwards. 17.   "A person can be good and mixed up all at the same time."

[saintjoan]

sweet edition

are you a honey or jam person… are you a mango or strawberry person…  are you a milk chocolate or dark chocolate person…?

[invisiblestrlngs]

Oh, I thought you would have by now. Oh really? That’s awesome. Oh definitely. It feels like this year has had more events than any other year already. I might, I still haven’t decided yet.

[claresjournal]

My perspective keeps changing, I guess. Yeah, this year has had a lot of events and we’ve got a whole lot left. We’ve got to make our last year here the best one, you know.

[invisiblestrlngs]

That still doesn’t make any sense to me but uh, all right then. Then what is your life philosophy or whatever? We all did, definitely. Was that your idea too? Maybe I should actually start going to the student council meetings.

[claresjournal]

I don’t know, actually. I haven’t really decided on an exact one. No, the Halloween movie marathon wasn’t my idea. I think it was Maya’s actually from what I’ve heard. Still a pretty good idea. That could be a good idea because then you’d know a lot of our ideas.

[torisaints-blog]

He turned on you? Why did you even go with him? You can’t be near that dude. He’s insane. The roof… Jesus. Anything else, Clare?

[claresjournal]

He kissed me and I pushed him off, so he slapped me and then told me I should listen to him and he can open doors for me. Like I wanted to go off with him alone. I was forced to, by the secretary and the girl I was greeting people with. Trust me I don’t want to be near Asher ever. What can I say, the roof is kind of an Edwards girl freak out place. Uh, no...that pretty much covers it.

[torisaints-blog]

I didn’t even see him there, I don’t even know what the dude looks like. Either way, he’s a total fucking dick and I can’t believe he did that to you.

[claresjournal]

Well, he’s kind of the reason I vanished. The secretary said I should show him around and, when I did, he just turned on me. After that confrontation, I just...needed air. So, if you were wondering where I was those two hours, they were spent on the roof. 

[invisiblestrlngs]

Oh, so like a life quote? Why not just call it that? It’s a lot simpler that way. I’m guessing that’s yours? Well at least you had a nice time though. It was a great event, you should be proud of yourself, Clare.

[claresjournal]

Because it’s something that you live by, not just any random quote. A life philosophy is more...profound, I guess. Actually it’s not, it’s just one of the ones I really like. Yeah... it was a good event. I’m glad people enjoyed themselves and had a good time. Plus, we’ve got the Halloween event coming up too, I’m sure people will love that.

[claresjournal]

text ✉ adam

Adam: Don't think anything you did justified him harassing you. He's a disgusting pig who will get what he deserves. You'll get your shot with a paper that doesn't have such a sick bastard for a boss. No matter what happens, I'm always going to be here for you, alright? 24/7, I don't sleep so any time of the day I will be right here.

Clare: Will he? Because, I'm really losing faith that he will. I know that, I mean I should believe that...that someday I'll get to work at a paper and see what it's like without Asher. Thanks, Adam. You know it goes both ways right, if you ever need anything or want to talk, I'm always gonna be here for you.

[torisaints-blog]

So he just goes around kissing girls he shouldn’t? He sounds like scum and I plan on going after his ass. I don’t even know what to say to you about the jail thing, that’s… I can’t even think about that right now. I need to focus on how I’m gonna break this guy’s face so he can’t assault girls ever again.

[claresjournal]

When it happened, I got fired when I went to his boss. He’d told some lies about how I was the one who came onto him and I was harassing him at work. So I spent the time I would have been at co-op looking through all his past interns to try and find someone else Asher had done this to. No one came forward at first. Then someone did, and we went to the cops. They couldn’t charge Asher with anything because it was on record I harassed him and that’s why I was fired. Like I said, not my shining moment getting arrested. He also showed up at the Thanksgiving Dinner. 

[torisaints-blog]

That’s really gross. He’s old and way too old for you. Besides, if you didn’t want him, he shouldn’t have even tried anything. There’s more? Seriously? What else did this asshole do?

[claresjournal]

He was my boss. He abused his position of power. I was so excited to work with him too. Asher’s a brilliant journalist, and he’s got so many connections. I was so excited about seeing how it would all work in the real world. Then it turns out that I get some jerk who thinks it’s okay to kiss me, apologize and say he was confused, then try to assault me in his car after he shows me my article with my byline in the paper.  Well, in a not so shining moment on my part, I might have drunkenly confronted him one night and wound up in jail.

[torisaints-blog]

Isn’t that guy old? He sounds like a real sick jerk and I’m tempted to go kick his ass. I mean he’s a writer, he’s probably scrawny and weak. No offense. I can’t believe this happened.

[claresjournal]

I think he’s in his early 40s. Yeah...he’s an awful person. And I’m sure he’s done it before, but guess what? The cops can’t do anything about it. Oh, there’s more. Do you remember the fact I wasn’t there on the first day of school?

[torisaints-blog]

What, he raped you? Clare, what the hell! I’m gonna find this guy, he can’t get away with this. 

[claresjournal]

No, it never...got that far. Though, I wouldn’t put it past him. He kissed me one night when we were working and then the next day tried to...well, you know...in his car. When I went to his boss, he’d already gone to her. And, told her I was harassing him.

[torisaints-blog]

Okay, dramatic… I don’t really know where you’re going with this. You don’t have cancer again, do you?

[claresjournal]

No, no! I’m not sick, don’t worry. My co-op boss from last year assaulted me when I was working for him.

[torisaints-blog]

I mean, not if it’s gonna make you all weird. I’m just trying to figure out why you seem so depressed.

[claresjournal]

It’s just not the most fun thing to tell people. But, you’re my friend, and you deserve to know, especially since I vanished during an event. Not that I think it would happen again, but...I can never know for sure.

[trustsful-deactivated20170708]

[torisaints-blog]

Must be some big secret if you can’t even tell me.

[claresjournal]

You know I trust you, right? Me not wanting to tell you has nothing to do with that. I... do you really want to know? 

[basketcasemp3]

[torisaints-blog]

I still want to know what this person or thing or whatever did to you. If they’re gonna get in the way of events and stuff, I need to know.

[claresjournal]

I don’t think he’s going to get in the way of any events in the future. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so. It’s really not much of anything. Not anymore.