This is definitely one of those kinds of stories we have all heard before and wondered how on Earth it could have happened. My uncle said one time that he could totally picture himself doing it. Sometimes you get in your routine and you're thinking about all the stuff you're going to do that day and you just forget. I guess we've all left a coffee cup on top of the roof before or gotten out to the car and looked around and said "where are my keys??" A distracted brain is a distracted brain, it's just sometimes the price paid is bigger. Much, much bigger.

I don't think any punishment she could have received would ever be anything but pale in comparison to what she will do to herself for the rest of her life. It makes me really sad, actually.

Anyway, it was a solid entry and I didn't see the flip coming which is, I'm sure, part of the strength of the piece and I know you'll want to hold onto that. But, at the same time, I see you did include a trigger warning tag! So that's really thoughtful. I have PTSD (not related to this!) and got accidentally triggered for the first time a couple weeks back and it was shockingly difficult. I hadn't expected that. I'm so used to people downplaying TWs as sort of a sappy soft-feelings thing that I didn't realise it really can be easy to become triggered and it really can throw someone's life off track! Anyway, I think it's great you're adding one- but it -is- displaying at the bottom of the entry, so you might want to consider putting it up at the top where it can do the most for anyone who might need it! :>