At eighteen, Cindy shook her fist at God and...sold her soul to the devil. The evil taskmaster pulled the strings. The puppet frantically danced. This is a true story by Cindy Langley, a girl raised in a small Louisiana town. Hypnotized by the pleasures of sin and running wildly from her past, Cindy ignored the destructive whirlwind coming dangerously close. The turbulence from the winds sucked her up and dragged her through a failed marriage, entertainment clubs, numerous relationships, a dark addiction, and slammed her into the ground. Living a secret double life, she clumsily navigated through the harsh realities of daily living. Every morning, she drank a deadly cocktail of swirling emotions. Deny and repress them. Cover and ignore them. Shush them. Refuse to let them go. She tried to change her circumstances by creating another make-believe world of fantasy and intrigue. Cloaked with a blanket of impurity and veiled in wickedness, she walked forbidden trails. The puppet frantically danced as she chose dark alleys and crooked paths over straight and narrow ones. Spiraling out of control, Cindy linked arms with the darkness and ran from the light. That's what you do when you don't want your secrets exposed. She ran through jail cells, psyche wards, crippling mental diagnoses, and self-injury. In her twisted, broken condition, consequences pushed her to the edge. What edge? Her precarious mental stability pushed her to the edge of a cliff. Her heart jumped into her throat. If she plunged over the edge, she would have nothing to grab onto during her descent. The self-control she kept a firm grip on slipped through her fingers. The murkiness below the edge desired to suck her down past the jagged rocks into an abyss. Words stuck together and formed sentences. "Something is wrong. I don't know what it is, and I don't know what to do about it." The words stayed in her head and refused to leave her mouth. It didn't matter. No one would hear them. She was alone. Could she keep from plunging over the edge? It seemed...unavoidable.
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