{"product_id":"the-coffee-shop-a-new-athinia-tandino-9798223021148","title":"The Coffee Shop, A New Beginning","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is late September, and my sister Tellicia told me one day why I was being whipped\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe said she had heard the foster mother tell her husband I was a demonic child, and I needed the devil beat out of me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI did not know what a sin was, and I told the pastor this, and that day when we arrived back at their home, I had to go get the belt and hand it to the foster father this time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe whipped me so hard that I received minor cuts inside the welts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is late October, and fifteen years after I got my first job, I have saved enough I can abscond the man who said he would never let me go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he finds out that I have taken all his money to be able to buy the things I will need and the two hundred and forty-two thousand I stole from him and saved is going to get me killed if I do not go now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI want you to know I will not let any harm come to you,\" Maya said as a small smile came over her face, Maya hoped this would put me at more ease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI had to wait for two of those to get the right to have a car so that I could come and go as I please,\" Maya said as I giggled at the fact that my new friend knew about the island's laws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How do you know so much about the island life here?\" Maya asked, hoping it would break the silence I could feel was coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease do not get up, and thank you for the coffee and ride this far\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is where I will take my leave of you, so please let me live my life in peace,\" I said as I got to my feet and headed for the door when I remembered that Maya had placed my things in the trunk of her car.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaya remembered the day she had left her husband and how she needed a friend, how unsafe she felt, how he had found her, and how he could get into her home and hurt her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI do not know you yet, but in time we will be like sisters,\" Maya said as she returned to the small table and placed her hand on mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Athinia Tandino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798223021148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Athinia Tandino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d","brand":"Athinia Tandino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850899075327,"sku":"9798223021148","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-coffee-shop-a-new-athinia-tandino-9798223021148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}