I made a booboo

Anyone know how to fix this lump of shit to reverse a text string?  Fffuuuck

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

string reverse(string& str);

void writeBackward(string s, int size)
{
   if (size > 0)
   {  // write the last character
      cout << s.substr(size-1, 1);
 
      // write the rest of the string backward
      writeBackward(s, size-1);  // Point A
   }  // end if
 
   // size == 0 is the base case - do nothing
}  // end writeBackward
int main()
{
    string s = "Hello there";
cout << "s has " << s.length() << " characters." << endl;
   string theString = "";

   cout << "Enter a (backward) string: ";
   getline(cin, theString);

   cout << reverse(theString) << endl;

   return 0;
}  // end main

string reverse(string& s, int size)
{
   
   // Implement me!!!
}  // end reverse

>>11
Ok thats awesome, but how do I keep it from closing after execution?