title: Out of the Darkness
author: Novak, Angela
description: Fairy Tales, Happily Ever After’s, and finding that one man like your father is every little girls dream. Then there are first loves, even at the age of 3 years old. What happens to a little girl when her father is taken so suddenly from her, the little boy who swore to love and protect her never returns, and her mother uses and abuses her? Jaden Smith was that little girl. After her father died when she was 9 years old, she was forced to live the life her mother said she was condemned to live. She had to learn to submit to men or she would pay the price. Her first love never died. As she grew up and she was forced to submit, she reminded herself of his promise. She knew that one day he would keep that promise. How can a man forget his first love and what he promised her? He doesn’t. Chase Daniels was 8 years old when he first set eyes on her. He made her a promise, but he was forced to break that promise. Over the years, her memory was forced back, but he never forgot her. He always knew something was missing in his life and it was when a woman betrayed his love and trust that he remembered. As deep as his hurt went and trust was a thing of the past he wanted her, his first love. Follow Jaden and Chase on their path of self-discovery, healing, and finding their Happily Ever After.