In those first moments before she opened her eyes every morning, Jackie tried to tell herself that this was all just a nightmare. They’d made it to the finals and won, she got to be with her family again, Jeff was still her loving boyfriend and she was going to make damn sure they got elected homecoming king and queen; hell, even Shauna Shipman was still her best friend, her ride or die.

She tried to hold on to these images for as long as she could in her mind, before facing the reality of being stuck out there in the back of beyond, of knowing of Jeff and Shauna’s betrayal, of not knowing if she would ever see her family again.