I was told "we're going in a new direction" and "this just isn't what we thought" and I thought for SURE that I was a failure and I sucked at life and writing. I was the worst. I was a shame of a woman for writing something offensive. Etc.

Then I met one of my local writing buddies who also had contracted through them. She messaged me out of the blue asking to meet for coffee. A beautiful friendship began that way, but she told me her abuse story. They tried to get $1500 from her.

Part Seven