My story, Her Laugh Broke the Silence, is making waves. I’ve been in talks with the production company on a weekly basis, working out the final details. They’re hiring someone to play the lead character. Her Laugh Broke the SilenceIt’s exciting. I can’t believe that a year ago I’d been stuck in that god-awful store. It never ceases to amaze me how life can change so fast. Who would have known what would happen to me now? I could be famous, or my play could be on Broadway. Who knows? Stranger things have happened. Someone is discovered every day. Why can’t it be me? I’ve been through so much in life—drug addiction, r**e, s****l, mental, and physical abuse at the hands of my mother. Despite all that, I’ve functioned quite well. My mother’s life had been horrific. She’d done the best she

