Today’s
excerpt is from Tears And Terrorists, Book #4 of the nine-book Asps
Series. Judy tells Janet and Sarah what
happened to her in the secret Iranian prison.
Enjoy and have a great day.
m.j.
The other thing
that happened was a light snow starting to fall at the ranch. Even though it was late March, snow was not
unusual for Montana
Janet joked,
“Yeah, if you don’t have to shovel it or go out in it. Your shopping trip to Billings
Judy nodded and
smiled, “Maybe I can put on another pound or two by then. This morning I was up to one oh three. Either I weighed wrong, you weighed me wrong
the other day, or I’m putting it on fast as all get out. Anyhow, I’m feeling better each day…and
remembering more. What I didn’t want to
say in front of the guys is what happened to me in that prison and since. Oh, by the way, part of the reason I quit
drinking was because I was getting fat.
Was up to a hundred and thirty-eight.
By the time the boat went down, I was back to one twenty-two or so.”
Then Judy told
her story as she now remembered it.
After being raped repeatedly in all manner of ways, she was started on
heroin. At first it was to see if she
was telling the truth. All the members
of the team had a story to give the Iranians if caught. The story was that teams had been monitoring
all the Iranian nuclear facilities for years from a distance to see what kind
of activity took place, when it was announced they would be publicly inspected
by the Atomic Energy Agency. While that
was a lie, it did match what they were really going to do and seemed to be the
best story line, since it was so close to the truth…and would give the Iranians
something to think about. The drugs were
used just to keep Judy in line and have her begging for it, to the point she
would do anything, including offering sex on a constant basis to the guards and
others…including the drug runner the guards had worked out a deal with to take
drugs for various favors. Finally, the
drug runner decided he wanted Judy full-time and made a deal with two of the guards…drugs
for her. He bought her for drugs, and a
phony escape was arranged. She was more
than happy to go along with it, since she would have a steady supply of
drugs. Then the story got a bit fuzzy. Judy admitted she was so hooked on drugs she
couldn’t remember everything. She did
remember the drug runner giving her alcohol and remembered binge drinking. But she still had no idea how she got to Los Angeles
When she finished
her long rambling story, Judy added, “So you can see why I didn’t want to talk
about all that in front of Jim and Dan.
I was too embarrassed and too ashamed that I willingly gave myself up
for drugs. Still am. Painful memory. I’m sick at heart for what I’ve done, even if
I understand why. One good thing, even
though I remember the feeling of the drugs, I don’t really have a craving. Must admit though, if someone wanted to shoot
me up right now, I might be tempted.”
Janet
nodded. “Yeah, I can understand
that. Have known addicts who managed to
quit and say they still wanted the stuff years later…had just managed to
control the urge. What an awful story,
Judy. My heart goes out to you. It could have been me, or Sarah, or even
Holly, and we’d have done the same thing as you.”
Sarah
sighed. “Yeah. Real easy for me to understand. I almost got hooked on morphine when I lost
my leg.”
Judy tilted her
head and asked, “You lost a leg? I
couldn’t tell.”
Sarah
smiled. “Thanks. Yeah, lost it in Iraq
The three women
continued to talk into the night, watching the snowfall and talking about
happier things.
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