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I just wanted to share a snippet from the novel that I'm working on. I'm approximately 80% of the way through draft version 1.5 . Synopsis: Seventeen year old Laura Deveroux has just moved to northern Illinois from California with her parents. Unable to adjust, Laura strikes up an unlikely friendship with her neighbor, a twenty-eight year old man with schizophrenia, Jordan Thomas. The two become close friends, and as Jordan relapses and has to fight back his own demons and Laura is left to face her own personal tragedy alone, Laura soon realizes that Jordan may be the only sane person in her life. (Excerpt f-bombs edited for posting purposes lol) Excerpt: Jordan grimaced as he rested his elbows on the edge of the sink, and rested his heads into his hands, combing back his tangled hair. “Do it. Cut. Bleed it out.” “You know you want to.” Jordan began to panic. “Ma!” he said, calling out for his mother before curling up in ball under the edge of the bathroom sink. “Ma!?” he screamed, as the tears began to stream down his face. “Oh my god,” he whispered. “Just shut up please and all of you leave me the hell alone. Ma?! Where are you?” “Pick it up and bleed it out.” “Water. Where did all of this water come from?” “Do it. Be the martyr.” “What the f**k do you mean by the martyr?” Jordan said, as he bit down on his lower lip. Jordan was used to hearing them speak from time to time, but he was never before barraged in such a manner that it caused him to panic so. To him, it was the sound of mortar, exploding nearby. It was the sound of a war and he was but a one man army against an army of invisible tanks and guns that spouted insult and dark persuasion as bullets.