Acknowledgements
I want to always thank God for blessing me with the ability to write. I want to also thank Him for putting this passion within my spirit and providing me with an avenue to pursue it. I also thank Him for just allowing me to live my dream.
I want to thank my mother Earnest Ruth Brown, for just being who she is. My mother, my friend, my life line and my lady of wisdom. I love you mom.
To my husband Alex Brandon. I love and adore you. I cherish our marriage and our friendship. Thank you for loving me the way that you do. To our wonderful children, Precious, Preston, and Zander I love you as well.
To all of my siblings and their families I also want to say thank you. To all my nieces and nephews I am offering y’all a little shout out. Kenneth, Kentrell, Kendra, Ebony, Tiauna, A.J., Tyquan, Isaiah, Nayonna, Ashanti, Marcus, Fatima, Iesha, Seymore, Romeo, Britlyn, Cash, Earnest, Anthony (Rest In Heaven) , Landon, Miracle (Rest in Heaven), Zacchaeus, Elijah, Braydon, Mikya, David, Tyshawn, Amiah, and Charlie.
To all of my readership, but to a few in particular I want to say thank you for our constant support and your conversation as I grow throughout this journey. Vi Brandon, Tanya Banks, Tela Davis Dove, Mark Brandon, Tara Dawson, Shanta Gray, Redgirl Pettrie and Eliza White, thank you. Your support and encourage adds fuel to my desire to live out my dream.
I wanted to also thank Beth Gregory, Adriana Free, Martha Graham, Ladii Kaye, Cynthia Robinson, Marianna B. Ray, and Shenita Boyd Richburg for your help with naming the characters in this story. Your support and love means everything to me.
To some of my fellow authors who guide and direct me on my path as well as offer honest feedback, I want to say thank you. Stella Eromonsere-Ajanaku, Xyla Turner, Tammy Jernigan, Amir Smith and Tarak Ghosh. I love you guys.
Loyalty Reigns Publications family I love you and I am so happy that we are doing this. I love you Tywanda Brown-Johnson, Nicole Corley Shepard, David Smith Jr and LaShonda Wade. I pray for God’s hand to be upon us.
To my support team Kosha Jordan of Colors of Struggles Promotions you are a God send. There are not enough words to express my sincerest appreciation, but thank you so much for all that you do to help us. Elizabeth Venable of Unique Inspirations, you have been with personally for a long time. You have helped me in a number of ways and I appreciate it.
Lastly, to the good police officers and human service workers everywhere thank you, for all that you do.
Fallen Angel: From Revenge and Redemption
Deborah R. Brandon
~Shanice Williams~
Scattered- Three Years Ago-
Do not be afraid to lose people be more afraid of losing yourself. -Unknown
I came awake slowly; my eyes had trouble adjusting to the lights. My limbs felt so heavy and sore. My mouth was dry. My mom was seated beside my bed and my father was standing looking out of the window. After a few moments, the realization of what happened and were I was began to sink in. The sterile clean white walls, the constant sounds of machines beeping and that familiar hospital smell.
I attempted to move but everything hurt. A single tear slid down my sable colored cheek. In a moment of weakness I allowed that one single tear to escape and now the floodgates were open and the tears rushed forward in uncontrollable abandonment.
I felt sorry for myself as the memories started to flood my brain, which explained why I was in the hospital. My mom grabbed some tissue and mopped up my face as my dad approached my bedside. My mom talked to me in a soothing whisper as she ran her fingers through my jet black hair lovingly. My dad stood motionless with my small hand held firmly in his much larger one, he face look like it was set in stone.
Dexter Jackson, my boyfriend at the time, had come to our apartment in what I assumed was another drug induced rage demanding money. I had already made up my mind that I
I want to always thank God for blessing me with the ability to write. I want to also thank Him for putting this passion within my spirit and providing me with an avenue to pursue it. I also thank Him for just allowing me to live my dream.
I want to thank my mother Earnest Ruth Brown, for just being who she is. My mother, my friend, my life line and my lady of wisdom. I love you mom.
To my husband Alex Brandon. I love and adore you. I cherish our marriage and our friendship. Thank you for loving me the way that you do. To our wonderful children, Precious, Preston, and Zander I love you as well.
To all of my siblings and their families I also want to say thank you. To all my nieces and nephews I am offering y’all a little shout out. Kenneth, Kentrell, Kendra, Ebony, Tiauna, A.J., Tyquan, Isaiah, Nayonna, Ashanti, Marcus, Fatima, Iesha, Seymore, Romeo, Britlyn, Cash, Earnest, Anthony (Rest In Heaven) , Landon, Miracle (Rest in Heaven), Zacchaeus, Elijah, Braydon, Mikya, David, Tyshawn, Amiah, and Charlie.
To all of my readership, but to a few in particular I want to say thank you for our constant support and your conversation as I grow throughout this journey. Vi Brandon, Tanya Banks, Tela Davis Dove, Mark Brandon, Tara Dawson, Shanta Gray, Redgirl Pettrie and Eliza White, thank you. Your support and encourage adds fuel to my desire to live out my dream.
I wanted to also thank Beth Gregory, Adriana Free, Martha Graham, Ladii Kaye, Cynthia Robinson, Marianna B. Ray, and Shenita Boyd Richburg for your help with naming the characters in this story. Your support and love means everything to me.
To some of my fellow authors who guide and direct me on my path as well as offer honest feedback, I want to say thank you. Stella Eromonsere-Ajanaku, Xyla Turner, Tammy Jernigan, Amir Smith and Tarak Ghosh. I love you guys.
Loyalty Reigns Publications family I love you and I am so happy that we are doing this. I love you Tywanda Brown-Johnson, Nicole Corley Shepard, David Smith Jr and LaShonda Wade. I pray for God’s hand to be upon us.
To my support team Kosha Jordan of Colors of Struggles Promotions you are a God send. There are not enough words to express my sincerest appreciation, but thank you so much for all that you do to help us. Elizabeth Venable of Unique Inspirations, you have been with personally for a long time. You have helped me in a number of ways and I appreciate it.
Lastly, to the good police officers and human service workers everywhere thank you, for all that you do.
Fallen Angel: From Revenge and Redemption
Deborah R. Brandon
~Shanice Williams~
Scattered- Three Years Ago-
Do not be afraid to lose people be more afraid of losing yourself. -Unknown
I came awake slowly; my eyes had trouble adjusting to the lights. My limbs felt so heavy and sore. My mouth was dry. My mom was seated beside my bed and my father was standing looking out of the window. After a few moments, the realization of what happened and were I was began to sink in. The sterile clean white walls, the constant sounds of machines beeping and that familiar hospital smell.
I attempted to move but everything hurt. A single tear slid down my sable colored cheek. In a moment of weakness I allowed that one single tear to escape and now the floodgates were open and the tears rushed forward in uncontrollable abandonment.
I felt sorry for myself as the memories started to flood my brain, which explained why I was in the hospital. My mom grabbed some tissue and mopped up my face as my dad approached my bedside. My mom talked to me in a soothing whisper as she ran her fingers through my jet black hair lovingly. My dad stood motionless with my small hand held firmly in his much larger one, he face look like it was set in stone.
Dexter Jackson, my boyfriend at the time, had come to our apartment in what I assumed was another drug induced rage demanding money. I had already made up my mind that I
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