{"product_id":"the-unfaithfuls-norma-iris-pagan-morales-9781959895626","title":"The Unfaithfuls","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs this love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat could the problem be? I kept thinking when I suddenly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eremembered what occurred between her husband and I the previous night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould she have found out? How did she get to know about it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy adrenaline began pumping uncontrollably. I'm finished. I don't\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewant to go back to that life of poverty. Just this one chance I was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egiven, and I messed up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI worked very hard for my aunt and her family. Whatever chore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe asked me to do, I did it thoroughly to the best of my human\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecapacity. I knew my purpose there and concentrated on it. That was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euntil my aunt's husband started making passes at me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhenever Johnny came home from work, he would always ask about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy well-being. He would often ask if I had eaten and how I spent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was so free and open-hearted with him. I didn't take any of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis profound kindness towards me seriously as I took him to be a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elovely and caring father who would take care of other children just\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elike his own. I looked at him as a father figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact, we got so close to the extent I started calling him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"dad\" while he called me his baby. My aunt wasn't aware of all this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehappening. It didn't take long before the sugar-coated kindness and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaffection revealed it's hidden agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorma Iris Pagan Morales was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe comes from a very lovable family. Her parents, Juan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJose Pagan Rodriguez, and Digna Morales Figueroa, now\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeceased, always helped her with her projects as a writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand teaching career. Norma had three siblings, Adelin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilagros Pagan Morales, Juan Jose Pagan Morales, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulio Manuel Pagan Morales. Julio Manuel Pagan Morales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edied on September 19, 1998, and Adelin Milagros Pagan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorales died on February 17, 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorma did all her academic studies in New York City, Puerto Rico, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Canada. She worked in the City of New York Police Department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an Educator, she worked in New York City Bd. of Education as an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish Teacher, in Puerto Rico Bd. of Education as an English teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand in the Puerto Rico Army National.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorma has published books ten books: Proud of My Puerto Rican\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBequest,  Porque Soy Boricua? Poemas del Alma, Art in Written Form, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Baffling Short Stories Collection, On Job in the Big Apple, Puerto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRican Soldiers Serving with Pride, Nature's Rage in the Caribbean, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoricua de Pura Cepa and You are the One.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norma Iris Pagan Morales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959895621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959895626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Point Print and Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Norma Iris Pagan Morales","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120948572415,"sku":"9781959895626","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09ead988-e9ee-4801-8bd9-5b59cf6da7be.jpg?v=1687417171","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unfaithfuls-norma-iris-pagan-morales-9781959895626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}