Before The Dawn

Before The Dawn

The dark abyss of night was creeping upon as the brilliant sun shrunk and hid behind Lake Murray. For everyone in Chapin, South Carolina, it would be the same kind of summer night. The few saying goodnight to their parents and the sneak out to go to the Friday night parties over at Crystal Pines Bay. A few would get caught along the way for breaking curfew, while others were able to get there sneakily. Chapin is a small town in South Carolina with a population of 758 people. The cops were out at the beginning of the summer to catch the sneaky teenagers trying to break curfew, then they ceased to exist as the nights of summer grew on. Every family in Chapin seemed to be the same, mother, father, and their children. A few would be divorced but they still had their normal family. Michael's family was the only one what was different. Michael spent a lot of time in the county jail, waiting for his dad to be broken out of jail. Once out of jail, Steven would go back to The Barking Spider and drown out his feelings again with old Jack Daniels. At the age of 17, Steven met the love of his life, Marina. Two years later they married. For years they tried to have a child, and eventually they did, and named him Michael. After 20 years of marriage, Marina was diagnosed with leukemia. She died the following spring.