SCARLETT'S NEW BEGINNING

"The disappearance of Scarlett Campbell has rocked the small community of Stone Ridge Falls. No trace of Scarlett has been found. Her family is extremely worried for her. They urge anyone with information to come forward."

"Two weeks has passed since Scarlett Campbell vanished without a trace. Today police have discovered the body of an unknown male. Many within the Stone Ridge Falls community fear the unknown male is Tyler Campbell. The husband of Scarlett who also vanished without a trace."

"More details have emerged on the identity of the body that was found. It is that of Tyler Campbell. Cause of death hasn't been found. The search for Scarlett is on-going."

"Three weeks have passed since the disappearance of Scarlett and no clues have surfaced on her where-a-bouts. The cause of death for Tyler Campbell has been found. He was murdered, shot once in the head."

Three weeks have passed since I put a bullet through my husbands head. He left me no choice. It was me or more punches. More kicks. More broken bones. More bruises.

I couldn't take it anymore. I tried for so long to tell myself things would get better. Tyler is going to change. All the promises he made he broke. Change with Tyler was never going to happen.

Nobody left me with any choice. I tired to tell my parents about Tyler. They didn't believe me. I tired telling my best friend about Tyler. She wouldn't believe me. I showed them the bruises. They brushed it off.

Everyone in Stone Ridge Falls loves or should I say loved Tyler. They think he's a saint. He could do no wrong. In their eyes Tyler's perfect and I'm bad for saying bad things about him.

They didn't see the monster lurking beneath the good boy persona. They didn't see what he was capable of doing when he snapped. He was the devil and only I saw it.

I'm a good person. I've never harmed anyone. I lied maybe twice in my entire life. I didn't deserve what Tyler put me through. He made me look like I was the one hurting him and not the other way around.

I hated the way the people treated me. I hated the way they looked at me. Tyler loved it. He knew what her was doing. So, I made a plan.

I made a plane to disappear. To leave Stone Ridge Falls for good. To start a new life. But first, I needed to learn how to defend myself. To protect myself. I wasn't going to let Tyler hurt me ever again.

What I did was I went to the neighboring community of Stone Canyon to take self defense classes. I couldn't risk anyone in my community finding out what I was doing and telling Tyler.

Then I went to the shooting range to learn how to handle and shoot a gun. I was scared at first but then after my fifth lesson I knew how to handle a gun.

The next thing I did was a daunting task. I had to take money out of our joint account. So, what I did was I took little amounts of money each week so Tyler won't notice. Lucky for me Stone Canyon has the same banks as in Stone Ridge Falls.

I hid the money somewhere safe. A place where Tyler wouldn't find it. My safe place is a secret. Next thing I did was to buy a gun. I bought a small gun that fits me perfectly.

I hide the gun with the money. Then I made my plan to leave Stone Ridge Falls for good. I told myself I want to go to a place that no one knows me. A place where I can't start a new life. A place far away from Tyler and Stone Ridge Falls.

Carmel-by-the sea was the town I chose. I continued to make my plans but what wasn't in my plans was to shoot and kill Tyler.

Tyler left me with no choice. He was getting cruel and more evil. I was on my last straw. So, my plan to kill Tyler began to form in my head.

I continuously went to the shooting range in Stone Canyon. Every day my aim got better. My confidence was growing. It was getting to be that time. The time when I kill Tyler.

Like I said before I'm not an evil person and I don't like to harm anyone but in my heart I know this was the right thing for me to do. I won't let Tyler find me.

I remember a saying my grandmother used to tell me. "If you believe you've done something wrong for the right reason, It's still wrong."

I kept reliving my grandmother's words in the days leading up to the murder. Killing Tyler is wrong but it's the right thing to do.

I had everything ready for my escape. Money, a place to go and my gun. but I forgot the most important thing, my car. This is what I did.

I had my car fixed by my trusted friend. The only person in Stone Ridge Falls I trusted. We kept our friendship a secret. I didn't tell him about my plans. I did that to keep him safe.

He made over my whole car. I couldn't thank him enough. I had everything ready. Now, the only thing left to do was kill Tyler.

In the dead of winter on December 20th at one in the morning, I put a pillow over Tyler's face, pointed the gun and shot him once in the head while he slept. He never saw it coming.

Then with all my strength I mustered up I wrapped Tyler's body in a plastic tarp and dragged him all the way to the garage and into my car. I went back inside the house took the sheets and cleaned up.

I took Tyler's body and drove to the state forest. I dumped his body in the pond. I didn't care anymore, I wanted to be done with it all. I watched his body sink beneath the water.

I got back in my car ad drove out of Stone Ridge Falls for good. I was finally free to be whoever I wanted. Thinking about my last days in Stone Ridge Falls was hard. Then I thought about my only friend I was leaving behind and the special present he gave me.

For Years the only friend I had knew what Tyler was doing to me. He was my confidant. I will miss him dearly. He never told me what he was doing until the last day I saw him.

He had documents and a new identity made for me in a different name. He always knew I liked the name Sophia. That's the name he used.

On the last day I saw him he was different. I think he knew what I was going to do. He gave me a hug and gave me my new papers. The last thing he told me was "I love you. I will see you again one day."

Now here I am with a new look, a new name ready for my new beginning. I'm in my car driving to my new home Carmel-by-the sea.

No one is ever going to find me. My old life is gone. I'm not Scarlett Campbell anymore. I am now Sophia Collins. Here is too my fresh new start.