A Heart Not Easily Broken

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  The Butterfly Memoirs book 1

  A Heart Not Easily Broken

  Here is an excerpt from book 2

  Jaded

  Prologue

  Dear Diary,

  They call me, Slut, ‘ho, easy… and a few other words that I refuse to even write on paper.

  Since middle school, people have taken one look at my light skin, grey eyes, and the shape of my body and assumed that’s who I was.

  Assume.

  The first three letters of the word described them. How dare they judge me? Nobody is perfect.

  It has never mattered what I’ve done in my life. Being the daughter of a bi-racial marriage has always haunted me. With my fusion of graceful features I’d inherited from my white mother, the slender nose, cat-like eyes, vibrant smile, -and the take-no-shit attitude of my black father, people didn’t know how to deal with me.

  Guys in school wanted to date me as if I were a trophy. Girls hated the color of my eyes and the texture of my hair.

  Things got worse as I got older. Why? Because I love my body and I love sex.

  But I never used either to earn money or favors from any man. I am a confident, educated woman who goes for what I want, regardless of what anyone around me has to say. If that means I want a good lay every now and then, I’m damn well entitled to it. But one thing I’d never be is a home wrecker.

  My philosophy on love and relationships is simple, sex isn’t love, but it’s nice while you’re waiting.

  Well, that’s what I used to think before the man I fell in love with trampled all over my heart.

  And raped my best friend.

  Love will never happen for me. No man will ever understand me. The real me.

  Not my parents, not my brother, not even my best friends.

  My life, my experiences – both good and bad - are what define the real me.

  Yasmine