Danielle Ferguson is a lonely nine-year-old little girl locked from her apartment by a man who, she thinks, is her father. She oftentimes sits in the darkened stairway listening for his footsteps and planning her escape into a darker part of the building where he can't see her when he leaves. She is afraid and makes herself as invisible as she possibly can from the man who visits her mother. Residents see her often sitting in the darkened stairway but mostly she is ignored She is so afraid that the bare flickering overhead light will go out leaving her completely in the dark but mostly she is...

Danielle Ferguson is a lonely nine-year-old little girl locked from her apartment by a man who, she thinks, is her father. She oftentimes sits in the darkened stairway listening for his footsteps and planning her escape into a darker part of the building where he can't see her when he leaves. She is afraid and makes herself as invisible as she possibly can from the man who visits her mother. Residents see her often sitting in the darkened stairway but mostly she is ignored She is so afraid that the bare flickering overhead light will go out leaving her completely in the dark but mostly she is...

Married in black meant wish you were back. She didn't really know how far back she wished she were. She thought about her mother and Samuel. He would have been called Sam. She didn't remember either one of them but she knew things would have been different if they were alive. The twins would have been born and their mother would have deserted them so she would probably still be in this dilemma. Sam browsed the very slow internet pages and found a sleeveless wedding dress she liked at a small shop in Tupelo. The skirt and bodice were black. The dress was full and floor length but the front...

Candice Olivia Wright at ten is adopted by an uncle and aunt she never knew existed when her parents are killed. She slowly matures and finds a new life in Atlanta, but a man appears in her life who shatters the shell in which she lives.