Authors: Zane
Vengeance (31 page)
I continue to try to impress upon people that it is okay to seek therapy and medication when needed. The stigma of weakness surrounding seeing a psychiatrist, especially in the African-American community, keeps a lot of people drowning in misery for their entire lives. During the writing of this book, I also went through training to become a rape, incest, and abuse counselor. Even though I have been answering advice e-mails—many from rape and incest victims—since 1997, I was not completely aware of the magnitude of people who have endured such traumatic pasts.
According to various sources, one in four people have a mental disorder. ONE IN FOUR! On any given day, nearly ten million people are having suicidal thoughts, and suicide is the third leading cause of death. One in thirty people are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Children with any kind of mental disorders are the least likely to receive treatment. A lot of that comes from parents being in denial. It is understandable because no one wants to accept that something may be wrong with their children, or that something may have happened to their children under their watch. Again, that was the case with both the main characters in the previous novels in this series—
Addicted
and
Nervous
. In
Vengeance
, Caprice experiences a “series” of destructive events that leave her completely broken. It has to make one wonder how much more she can possibly take. I won’t list them here because several readers have told me at signings that they were mad at themselves for reading my commentary before reading the book, and learning too many of the spoilers because of it.
Therefore, I am simply going to say that this book is about tolerance of other people and their lifestyles. It is not only about learning to forgive others but also about self-forgiveness. It is about realizing, like the quote states in the beginning of this section, that everything truly does happen for a reason, and that sometimes things fall apart so even better things can come together. Caprice was on the threshing floor, a piece of wheat being pulled and tugged at by oxen, until the shaft was pulled away and only the purest and strongest part of the grain was left. She still has a ways to go, but she will get there. I didn’t want to end the book with a fairy-tale ending, just a realistic one.
I hope that you enjoyed
Vengeance
as much as I enjoyed creating it. As always, I love and appreciate each and every one of you. Let your enemies become your footstools, your tests become your testimonies, and your messes become your messages. I speak from vast experience on that one.
Blessings,
Zane
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