The Aftermath

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A young woman is drugged and raped on New Year's Eve 1999. Her history of childhood abuse ensure her inability to remember what happened. When she has sex with her boy friend on Valentine's Day, and later discovers she is pregnant, she thinks that the child is her boy friend's and has fantasies of waltzing off into the sunset with him. When the doctor she eventually consults informs her of the approximate date of conception, and she realizes the truth, she enlists the help of a retired police officer to track down her assailant.... This is about how one heals from trauma, about a woman learning to be brave, learning to love in ways she never considered.