Killing just
ain't right, but neither is child abuse.
Young South
side Chicago mother Diane Baxter will never win any good parenting awards. Her mother-daughter relationship with her only child
Deandra Baxter is as dysfunctional
as a family relationship can
get. Not only is Diane addicted to pills
and alcohol, but she is also verbally and physically abusive to Deandra.
This dark urban drama takes a thrilling turn when
twelve-year-old Deandra Baxter refuses to remain a victim to her mother’s
friend who is a sexual predator. When she
takes matters into her own hands, the end result is murder. The suspense begins to mount as one killing
leads to another and Deandra tries desperately to survive life in foster care.
How will she
cope with Diane’s abandonment and not knowing if her mother is dead or
alive? Can a borderline sociopath ever
have true happiness? Or will one final
killing mean the death of her only chance for true love?
This is more
than just a dark tale of murder for revenge.
This bad seed is the product of child abuse and her story is one of
survival.
BOOK EXCERPT
Deandra’s first instinct was to throw a rock down the
ravine and try to hit him in the head.
Now that she had already tried to kill him, she had to make sure that
she actually finished the job. But she
also had to be smart. She couldn’t
afford to do anything that might make it look like this wasn’t an
accident. When she shined the flashlight
down where he was, she could see his twisted and contorted body. His mouth was filling with blood from the
internal injuries. Deandra could detect
a faint gurgling sound. It was obvious
that he was close to death, even though there was still the slightest
movement. She decided to do
nothing. Instead, she waited in the dark
for close to an hour, making certain that the movement and gurgling had
stopped.
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