Foreword 13
Expulsion 15
In the Beginning 23
She’s Different 35
Education for a Gypsy Girl 41
Freedom at a Price 59
The Betrayal 73
Picking up the Pieces 87
The Professor Everyone Loved 97
Cap, Gown, and Casket 105
Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get Up 115
An Empty Shell/Dealing with Loss 127
More Deception/Dating Again 139
Across State Lines and Out of the Closet 147
Battling Cocaine Addiction 157
Gateway to the West 169
Four Strikes and You’re Out 183
In Sickness and Health/Till Death Do Us Part 195
Vacation from Hell 209
Forty-five Days in Intensive Care 219
Writing to Heal 223
On the Road Again 229
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? 241
To God Be the Glory 247
Epilogue 255
