“You’ve always been in the way,” my sister whispered, shoving me out of the chopper while my husband watched, silent and complicit for the $5M payout. Everyone thought I was dead. But when I pushed open the church doors during my funeral service, my husband went pale. I locked eyes with him and said…

of leather from my watch strap to keep from shattering my teeth, I manually forced my leg into a straight alignment, binding it tightly between two thick pieces of wood. The pain caused me to blackout twice during the process.

Dusk was approaching, bringing a lethal plunge in temperature. I dragged my broken body, inch by excruciating inch, under the continue reading …