Growing up in foster care, Anthony Wilson knew the answersto these questions all to well. Being a victim of abuse physically and sexuallybegan to turn him into a child with no heart, no morals and a mind powered offof vengeance. Eight years old and a crack house is where he chose to runawaytoo. He learned things that shouldhave been hidden from him and he degraded himself in order to live, in hopes itwould have to only be temporary.
Lisa is 21. Growing up with her father beating on her mother conformed her to searchfor the same relationships. She saw her mother as a fighter and a strong woman,who would take her father back over and over again. It’s been 5 years sinceLisa started getting beat by her boyfriend James. When the bruises got so deepshe finally gained enough courage and left.
Lisa meets Anthony and her life finally gains purpose. Shehas been away from James for a while now. She see’s a future to give to someoneso pure and innocent as Anthony. Anthony never thought he would meet someonethat would offer him the life he had always dreamed about. But just when lifeseemed to be at its best...James is back. Lisa, not realizing that the hold James hadon her would soon force her to give him the chance she should have never given.As Anthony hid upstairs and listened to the screams, the demons that hauntedhis dreams now circled around him. The screams finally stopped and now Anthonystood and stared at the life he thought he’d have, lie dead in front ofhim.
Now 16, and his relationship with his girlfriend Ashleywould soon turn his nightmares into his reality. Something always seemed tobother Anthony. The question kept rolling over in his mind. Where is her father?A question that he would soon wish he never learned the answer to.
As Anthony stared at Ashley’s father the images of the onlywoman to care for him unconditionally begin to tornado in his mind, replayingthe scene as he stood there and stared at her dead body, the vengeance that hadhibernated in his mind now resurfaced. The murderer from the dark had now beenrevealed, and the danger that followed, would be what none of us were everprepared for. James is Ashley’s father and Anthony is the only one who knowshis secret of murdering Lisa. With Anthony’s pulse of rage, and James fear ofexposure no one is safe.
The Story Behind This Book
Sometimes we take for granted the promise we are given in life. Sometimes we don't know how it feels to be homeless and grow up in the foster care system. We ignore issue such as rape, abuse, domestic violence. But what we must understand is that these are our realities. I am a former foster child and a survivor. i was a victim of abuse. Growing up to be everything you did not come from is the mentality that I had. Which meant fight, no matter what.
