When Elle wrote Visions That Kill Her Silence just a short while ago, she realized her story was too long for one book; therefore, wrote a second book to complete this harrowing tale. It is essential to read Visions That Kill Her Silence to fully comprehend this remaining narrative. Elle's early trauma led to years of isolation that continued as she realized the truth.
All the while, her daughter, Megan, battled using drugs after Violet, her grandmother, routinely gave Megan narcotics, money, and persistently tried to shut Elle up, demonize her, and deny any wrongdoing in front of anyone (particularly her husband, Micah) other than Elle. Only if Elle and Violet were alone or with Megan would Violet admit her grave and dangerous mistakes. There is no such thing as a "safe" narcotic for some people. It is an oxymoron to suggest otherwise. A chemical imbalance just may be present.
Elle, her husband Lewis, and son Michael Ghost navigated the direct effects of Megan's drug use, the coverups, manipulation, and lies from Violet and Micah. They not only suffered tremendous stress from their personal lives, careers, and school but were hindered from a more efficient and safe recovery for Megan because Violet and Micah were incredibly unsupportive and enabling Megan to continue her lifestyle by providing her with unlimited resources and narcotics. They never once communicated any concerns or alarms to Elle or Lewis.
And as a result of these enablers, Megan slipped into the dark underworld of drug addiction. Between the grandparents and the newfound guys with resources, Megan became trapped in the subculture of violence, near-death experiences, and drug dependency.
All the while devastatingly enabling Megan, Violet and Micah took the approach to completely and forever ignore their only grandson, Michael. Ultimately, they haven't connected with him on any level for fifteen years and are comfortable with that.
After Elle and Lewis witnessed their daughter temporarily transform into another unrecognizable being, Elle and Lewis ultimately arrived at a place of manage and resolve. Even though disbelief still consumes Elle as to how her mother, Violet, treated her and her family so atrociously, Elle forever took substantive measures to implement and maintain safe and healthy boundaries on behalf of herself and family in terms of Violet and Micah. Elle has an exceptional quality of survival and resilience like no other.
It is true that Lewis and Elle's children are most influential in their lives, and they have big dreams for them. It is a cautionary approach, however, that must be implemented with troubling maternal grandparents inappropriately interfering instead of promoting unity and support.
Lewis and Elle proved being strong influential parents and set meaningful boundaries that their family followed, and they ultimately triumphed against a plethora of very dark, wicked, and life-altering forces.