October 2023

JASMINE’S SECRET   Book One “To those who abuse: The sin is yours, The crime is yours, And the shame is yours. “To those who protect the perpetrators: Blaming the victims only Masks the evil within, Making you as guilty, As those who abuse. Stand up for the innocent Or go down with the rest.”

JASMINE’S SECRET . . . 0 . The girl came awake with a jolt, eyes staring out into the inky darkness. She saw nothing. Her heart thudded hard against her ribcage. Heavy beads of cold sweat trickled down her body onto the already soaked sheets twisted around her limbs -a consequence of her thrashing. .