A sad story

I had a friend, she was very close to me, she always turned to me when she needed to talk, and i always listened because i am that type of person. I never made her feel bad about how she felt.
She told me one day that she had cut her wrists, and when she showed me (and believe me she didnt want to show me), they were pretty deep and close to the veins, i promised her i'd always be there and i got her in touch with a counsellor, she seemed to being doing really well.
This is the reason why she cut (what she actually told me),
She was 16 then, a little older than me. Her Mum had died when she was only 2 and her Dad was an alcaholic, she had a half-sister, only 9 years old. Her step-mum was always making her do the housework, never let her go out with her friends and she felt as if no-one loved her.
She said she wanted to feel loved, she said she wanted to feel alive, she missed her Mum and her Dad and she just felt so worthless.
I always made sure she knew i would be there for her, i felt an importance to her, as though i needed to be there for her.
And things seemed to be getting better, she turned 18 and then one day she didnt answer her phone, i called her and called her, i rang her house phone, her step-mum answered and told me that she wasn't in. I decided to go over there, about an hour later, when i arrived i knocked on the door and her step-Mum said she wasn't in but i didnt belive her because my friend never went out alone, i found her dead in her room. Her step-mum didnt really care, i couldnt believe her step-mum lied about where she was, if she just went upstairs and told my friend i was on the phone, she would still be alive.
two years on from then, and her Dad and step-mum have had a little boy.
My friends name was Jessica and they have named the baby jesse in memory of her.
Now i realise that maybe they did care but just couldn't see what was happening.
I hope you all think about what you say to people, because if they really want to die then you can't stop them but you can try to help and listen to them.

wow thats such a horrible thing to go through!! makes you appreciate what you have a bit more =/
she was lucky to have a friend like you though =)

lol o ya that made me feel loads better

you did nothing wrong (just have to make sure ya know that).... she had you and thats what counted most. if thats how her family was then she didnt deserve that.

thats sad. it's not ur fault, like TPAM said. life just gets hard... would it not be better to honour their death instead of mourn? i think so.... try having one last talk in memory. i feel so sorry for you, and im glad you were a good friend to her. i hope you recover, feel better.

-Rain