A Second Chance
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After Olive's fallout with Jems and Jamz, she relocates to a small town and begins a new life. Upon taking a job at a cafe and forfeiting her fame, she meets River, the owner of Riverside Cafe and a local musician. Though the two don't always see eye to eye, they find common ground in their music, and just as their relationship begins to grow, Olive is offered another chance to live a life of fame and luxury. Olive is left facing a hard decision. Should she follow her dreams of fame and fortune, or should she allow herself to love again? What should she do with her second chance?
Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
Growing up in a small town, Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue spent a majority of her time reading and writing, so when she was granted the opportunity to write full-time, she didn't have to think twice. Since beginning her writing career, she has managed to pen several lesbian romances, while adding a little action and adventure to spice things up. As a newly graduated MBA student, she plans to use her recently discovered free time to craft the art that she loves. For more information on Nicole's new releases or to find out what she has been working on, sign-up for her newsletter at higginbothampublications.com.
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A Second Chance - Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
A Second Chance
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
Chapter One
Olive Parker walked out of the Fountain Valley Rehabilitation Facility and down to the bus stop. She had spent the last few months recovering from her opioid addiction and reliving the mistakes that she had made while she was high. Olive had lost everything in a short amount of time, including her girlfriend, her job, and most of her friends. She felt embarrassed about her behavior now that she had time to look back on it, and now, she was just looking for a chance to start over.
Olive watched as the dusty bus pulled up in front of her and boarded. It would be the last time that it would have to make this stop for her as she was now finished with her treatment, and she felt successful that she had made it through as many had not. Olive knew that she would miss the other patients and the staff at Fountain Valley as she had grown very close to them in the time that she had spent there, but she was happy to get a new start and one where she would be able to call the shots.
She had spent the last few years in the eye of the public, which meant having critics at every corner. As the lead guitarist of Jems and Jamz, there were many times where she was criticized for her behavior, personality, or even what she looked like, and that made it difficult for her to focus on her positive attributes. Her relationship with the lead singer of this band was also under constant scrutiny during this time, which made it difficult to create a close bond with her partner and enjoy the activities that normal couples did. Eventually, Olive just felt alone. She searched for something, anything that would bring her comfort, and that’s how she ended up with Viola.
Viola was the drummer of Two Hearts, a rival band that had tried to steal their spotlight for years. Olive knew of the band, but she had never had the chance to get close enough to have a conversation as her girlfriend at the time, Buck, didn’t like them. That all changed the one night when she decided to go to the club with a few of her friends without Buck. Viola had been there, looking stoic in the dark lighting, and Olive, being the way that she was, decided to sade her curiosity by talking to the other woman. She had approached Viola, only to find the other woman take to her immediately. The two sat in conversation all night, discussing different happenings with their bands and life experiences. Before she knew it, Olive had fallen in love with Viola and out of love with Buck. She broke up with Buck and moved in with Viola. She had been excited to have the opportunity to explore her feelings for Viola, and she had an idea in her head of how wonderful it would be for the two of them to be together permanently. However, that changed quickly. Viola was great at putting on a face, but behind closed doors, she was mean and almost always depressed. Olive felt herself slowly being taken down by the other woman, which eventually led her to opioids.
During her time on these drugs, Olive could feel herself changing. When she wasn’t taking the pills, she was depressed and unmotivated, but as soon as she popped one of those colorful tablets in her mouth, she didn’t care about anything. Olive had found this way of coping with her situation useful at the time, but the longer that she stayed with Viola, the more she got depressed. The other woman began to tell her who she could and couldn’t see and what she could and couldn’t do. There were always limitations, and Olive began to feel like she didn’t have a life of her own. Over time, Olive turned into a completely different person. She didn’t eat but a nibble here and there, which ended up in her losing a large amount of weight. She also started dipping into her savings to finance her addiction. Things kept going downhill until she left Viola one night and went back to her former band. She had no intentions at the time of joining back up with them, but when she saw the familiar faces of her former band mates, she got emotional and told them that she wanted back in. It didn’t take long for her emotions to change, however, and that was probably due to her substance abuse. She had blacked out several times on the pills in the past, but when she blacked out after joining up with her former band, things got real. She didn’t remember much about the night of the first concert that she was supposed to play with them after she rejoined, but she did remember getting pulled off stage and how Buck talked to her about her issues with addiction. That was the night that she knew that she needed to change, and Olive knew at that point that her music career was over.
Buck had helped her find a rehabilitation center that was away from everything that she knew. Olive had wanted to be somewhere that wouldn’t remind her of her past as she knew that anything that was familiar might trigger her to slipped up when she was trying to recover. That is how she ended up at Fountain Valley and going there had been one of the best decisions that she had made.