Alicia listened carefully to Juliette.  A shiver raced down her spine as Juliette talked about the murder of her parents.  She knew Juliette never spoke of them, but she never had the courage to ask why.  "I'm so sorry, I should've been more careful about what I said," Alicia apologized, upset with herself.  "I love Him and I love my brother, but this whole thing is just kill-," she paused and reworded, "This whole thing is destroying me."

Alicia one leg over the other, then crossed her arms over her chest, almost child-like.  "Life is hard.  You never understand how hard it is until you [i]live.[/i]  I know not every part of God's plan is supposed to be good, at least not at face value.  I don't understand how taking Jake is good for anyone here."  Alicia felt tears begin to well up in her eyes.  She quickly wiped them away with her sleeve, but more came.  "Why does He want to take Jake so early?"