Book excerpt: A book about betrayal, loss and despair. The main character, a young woman named Mallory, dies in a fatal car crash but she is able to participate in the world she left behind unseen and unheard. She died twice. The second time brutally betrayed by one of her loved ones. The deepest betrayal comes from the people we love. They are the ones we let in the most and share our thoughts with as well as our feelings.