I was born Naomi Marie Blackwood, became Naomi Canton when I married Nicholas in 1981, and remained that
Tomorrow Is My Surgery Tomorrow is my surgery.I wrote those words on a piece of paper because sometimes
We had been married for ten years—ten years during which I, Vanessa, gave everything I had.
Chapter 1: The Return of the Prodigal Ghost I spent eighteen years being told I was a ghost in my own home.
My mother screamed, “Get out and never come back!” so I did—quietly, completely, and without the begging
I walked out of the hospital, my mind racing with thoughts of revenge and liberation. I felt the sting
As I stepped into Mrs. Talia’s cozy home, I was enveloped by a warmth that I hadn’t felt in years.
My name is Linda Parker, and I am sixty-two years old. Last night, my son Ethan hit me. It wasn’t the
“Sorry, Mom. It’s a classy event. Melissa doesn’t want you there. She thinks you’re too dramatic.
If I had known that the woman who gave me life would eventually try to extinguish the life of the woman









