Nineteen was a dangerous age for Jen; more vulnerable than infant, toddler or adolescent. She was not a child and not an adult. Jen lacked the caution that can come with youth and also the wisdom of age and experience . She took chances that she thought she was prepared for but was not emotionally and psychologically ready. Jen was a sophomore in college in a southwestern university. She lived in the dorms, completely supported by a scholarship and her parents. She had fallen into a group of friends who were smart, physically beautiful, and slightly more financially well-off than she was. The thing they all had in common was a need to party. The group of 15 friends got together at least four times a week to drink and talk. The group was inclined to spontaneous road trips that usually involved late night, drunken resolutions to climb mountains and skinny dip in the various hot springs that peppered the mountainous region. Several of th...
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