Lauren's Pain

Lauren felt her breath freeze in her lungs. She could not catch her breath!  On the other end of the phone her lawyer repeated her name several times with increasing intensity each time. "Lauren!  Are you there!"  Somewhere deep in her consciousness she heard her lawyer ask her secretary to call 911 while she continued to stay on the line.  Frozen Lauren stared at the wall through tears burning her eyes.  One phrase echoed loudly in her mind, becoming more sinister sounding each time it repeated in her head.  " The judge awarded the kids to Stephen...."  Finally as if suddenly aware that she was on fire, Lauren screamed a blood curdling cry that only the intense pain of burning flesh could provoke.  Lauren threw the phone across the room screaming "NOOOOOOOO!" She grabbed her keys and raced to the car,  her body jarring with each breath sucking sob, and tore down the road at ridiculously wreckless speeds through a four way intersection's red light, pounding her fists on the wheel screaming through her sobs "Why God?  WHY!!?? I hate you!  I hate yooooouuuu!" Her rage was only matched by the dangerousness of her driving, Blinded by her tears, not knowing where she was going, she drove on.

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This story is based on a true story about corruption in the family court. Money talks, and men will go to great lengths to fight for children they do not want just to tear the heart out of their ex-wives. Lauren's ex-husband, Stephen, hires the very charming Kendrick, to become involved with Lauren with the intent that the hired man will help him win custody of his children. Kendrick falls in love with Lauren and is torn between his love for her, and his desire to have all that money. Once again, money talks and he purges himself in court, helping her ex-husband to win his children. Lauren is not able to cope, and after months of fighting for her children, losing everything she has, and coming very close to giving up and taking her own life, she makes the decision to take matters into her own hands and seeks revenge. Beware the fury of a mother in her efforts to protect her children. She will fight with the ferocity of a tiger in an effort to protect her family.

updated Oct 6 by ShepherdsDream