Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Table of Contents PROLOGUE. 4 CHAPTER I 7 CHAPTER II 19 CHAPTER III 23 CHAPTER IV. 35 CHAPTER V. 52 CHAPTER VI 69 CHAPTER VII 82 CHAPTER VIII 97 CHAPTER IX. 108 CHAPTER X. 117 CHAPTER XI 128 CHAPTER XII 135 CHAPTER XIII 147 CHAPTER XIV. 159 CHAPTER XV. 170 EPILOGUE. 181 www.facebook.com/authormayajames https://twitter.com/AuthorMayaJames Acknowledgements A special thank you to those that beta read and edited Charity’s Secrets. Each of you is absolutely wonderful and I am so grateful. Thank you Warriors! You are the best! Becky Paprota-Martindell Miranda Sue Johnson Lynn Chambers Crystal Marie, Little House of Edits Another special thank you to Robin Harper at Wicked by Design for the cover work. PROLOGUE "The way I see it, you have two choices.