HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Synopsis

Holly's marriage to Brock turned violently ugly after Brock returned home from his third military tour in the Middle East. He suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). This condition causing Holly to be the recipient of Brock's numerous physical beatings. Holly snapped and shot him during his most recent violent outrage towards her. Brock was not killed by Holly, but gravely injured, and is now in a coma. Within this coma he exists in the “In-Between” world. There he is visited by a young girl, Samantha, whose goal is to aid Brock in forgiving what Holly has done to him, and himself making amends with his also unfortunate childhood upbringing by his parents so he can make the right decision pertaining to his current dire situation. Ultimately Samantha's goal is to aid Brock moving on to the most glorious place one can imagine after dying, but also convincing Holly to not abort her recent pregnancy by Brock, something Brock was not aware of before being shot by Holly. This all unravels as Holly suffers Brock's haunting endeavors from his “In-Between” world while also being potentially prosecuted by the district attorney for shooting him, though it was in self-defense. Holly by story end is forced to decide between aborting her pregnancy or giving birth to a baby whose father she has nearly mortally wounded and who has almost no chance of surviving his grave condition.