Chapter Two
Never in a million years did I ever think my life would end up this way. Never would I have ever dreamed that I would become this type of person. Not even once did I desire this sort of unworthy life for myself. As a young black girl, I had seen plenty of movies and read scores of books about women like me. Growing up, I was taught to despise and ridicule women like myself. Everything was so much easier back then and far less complicated than this haunting present I was currently living. Now as a grown woman, the card game of life had dealt me a surprising hand. My cards of life were now those of a loveless home wrecker. I had become a woman who had made an idol out of a man that didn’t belong to me. Despite knowing this, I still chased after him with all my heart.
I tried my
