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Jasmine Stanton had everything. The perfect family, the perfect reputation, the brains to accomplish and conquer the world, and friends to support her move from valedictorian of her high school class into college. Her career in journalism was simply the next step. She knew it and everyone who knew her knew it. Barbara Walters was on her horizon.
Until she went to a party with her best friend, Sabrina. Until she met Jonathan and fell in love. And, until she was given methamphetamines without knowing and fell in love with it. And twenty years of her life changed in a fifteen minute capsule of time.
Everything she knew about herself, her past, her future, her life and her very being was erased. Erased by total strangers who transformed everything she had ever wanted or believed in, for a night of college fun. Nothing could be undone, nothing could be erased, and she would be forever scarred. The chapters of her life now included a pinnacle- something that she never thought would happened.
In a millisecond, your whole life can change. No matter how carefully it is planned out, no matter how dedicated you are to your morals, your motivations and your goals, and no matter how badly you seek out those things that will create the person that you see yourself to be, total strangers can erase it all, without a thought, with no empathy or afterthought about what their actions have done – a life that was full of promise and success can vanish right in front of your eyes and when it does, it doesn’t even matter whose fault it is because it can’t ever be changed. It is forever who you are and it is what defines you. If it could happen to her, it could happen to anyone.
Jasmine Stanton found out, with one sip of latte and fifteen minutes of letting her guard down, the hard way. As she said in her valedictorian speech, “With courage in our countenance, faith in our hearts, the wisdom of all of those who have spent years molding us into the human beings we have become and excitement to finally get to face the world, I’m proud to say that I’m not hesitant at all – I’m ready to start running and chase my dreams.” She ran straight from the ceremony to a college full of strangers. As she ran and chased her dreams, she went from the girl with everything, courage in her countenance, faith in herself and what she thought was wisdom enough to pivot her into the life she had so carefully planned. In the blink of one eye, she went from the girl with everything to becoming the girl seduced.
Until she went to a party with her best friend, Sabrina. Until she met Jonathan and fell in love. And, until she was given methamphetamines without knowing and fell in love with it. And twenty years of her life changed in a fifteen minute capsule of time.
Everything she knew about herself, her past, her future, her life and her very being was erased. Erased by total strangers who transformed everything she had ever wanted or believed in, for a night of college fun. Nothing could be undone, nothing could be erased, and she would be forever scarred. The chapters of her life now included a pinnacle- something that she never thought would happened.
In a millisecond, your whole life can change. No matter how carefully it is planned out, no matter how dedicated you are to your morals, your motivations and your goals, and no matter how badly you seek out those things that will create the person that you see yourself to be, total strangers can erase it all, without a thought, with no empathy or afterthought about what their actions have done – a life that was full of promise and success can vanish right in front of your eyes and when it does, it doesn’t even matter whose fault it is because it can’t ever be changed. It is forever who you are and it is what defines you. If it could happen to her, it could happen to anyone.
Jasmine Stanton found out, with one sip of latte and fifteen minutes of letting her guard down, the hard way. As she said in her valedictorian speech, “With courage in our countenance, faith in our hearts, the wisdom of all of those who have spent years molding us into the human beings we have become and excitement to finally get to face the world, I’m proud to say that I’m not hesitant at all – I’m ready to start running and chase my dreams.” She ran straight from the ceremony to a college full of strangers. As she ran and chased her dreams, she went from the girl with everything, courage in her countenance, faith in herself and what she thought was wisdom enough to pivot her into the life she had so carefully planned. In the blink of one eye, she went from the girl with everything to becoming the girl seduced.
130 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 15, 2013
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