Mask Off

By Jade Woodley

Join the author on a roller coaster ride of treachery and deceit as an aspiring film director and producer in the most wicked industry in the world, the entertainment industry, tries to create greatness in a den of vipers.
Although she has met some of the most fascinating and influential people in the industry, she quickly found out what happens when good crosses paths with evil.
She has compared her journey to a box of chocolates in that she never knew what she was going to get. Some days sheer bliss others pure horror. She bounced back from her son almost being kidnapped, her morals tested and dreams and heart played with. Yet, she still pushed on. Even with the fake love, the hate, the backstabbing, and theft, she smiled daily in the faces of her enemies.
But, it would be one unpredictable night, when the attacks became physical, from the industry she loved, which would not only leave her fighting for my life, but also made her fight for Justice!! She is done hiding her truth so it's time to take the MASK OFF!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jade Woodley
• Release date: Dec 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781978045255

Jade Woodley

Jade is an aspiring writer, producer, and director that moved from Gary, Indiana to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue her dreams in the entertainment industry. She comes from a very religious background and has two brothers and one sister. She has a Bachelors Degree in Business Management and Marketing. She has overcome the obstacle of having a son at the early age of seventeen and still managed to finish college. Jade has always been an outstanding writer. She wrote essays to receive scholarships, to help pay for college. She even landed an internship working for the union of the Steelmill of America. She then went on to work for the Governor of Indiana on his campaign staff. By proving her work ethic, she received a permanent position working for the Congressman of Indiana, Peter Visclosky, as his staff assistant. After producing a few events in Indiana, Jade realized she wanted to pursue her dream as a writer and producer. After losing everything in a house fire, she moved to Atlanta with nothing to lose. She went back to Nursing school, so she could make a stable income; while film producing in her spare time. She has produced two independent movies and is also the writer, producer, director of her own talk show "The VIP Show."

Book preview

Introduction

Mask Off is the revealing of someone or something’s true identity or intentions. I hope that everyone who reads this realizes my mistakes and learn from them. I want people to see the manipulation, corruption, liars, thieves, stalking, hypocrites, deception, humiliation, bribery, defamation. embarrassment, bullying, physical attack, and harassment I endured from the entertainment industry and our justice system.

I would like people to take these warning signs and implement them into their lives, so they’ll know how to handle similar situations. Everything I have written in this book is 1000% true, and I have plenty of receipts to prove all allegations. The only thing I changed is the name of the main girl that attacked me due to an active restraining order.

When you're heading to the top, there’s always someone trying to stop your growth. That's why I always stayed low-key and never asked for anything. Sometimes people hate you so bad; they’ll stop at nothing to bring you down. Join me on this emotional roller coaster ride as I rip the ‘Mask OFF’ the Entertainment Industry and the Justice System.

Posting this picture is something I’d live to regret for the rest of my life!

The Beginning…

My phone was with our waiter on the charger, so I was watching Blondi prepare her phone to take the picture.

You Bitch! I heard someone say, but couldn't tell who it was since they had snuck up from behind and attacked me.

When I looked up all I could feel was someone scratching my face and someone else pulling my hair. Just like that out of the blue, I got attacked. Two girls ran up on me, one on my right and the other on my left. I didn't see it coming.

I had to instantly start fighting for my life with my already broken arm. At the time I didn't realize that Blondi had gotten knocked out of the way just, so they could jump me. Next thing I know security had my arms behind my neck dragging me out of the restaurant with my ass out! These bitches had scratched my right eye and pulled my frontal off. I had no clue who these bitches were or why I’d gotten jumped. Once I was outside the door, I told Nefertiti and Blondi to get my purse, my money, my phone, everything. I was hysterical. It was twenty-eight degrees outside and I had on a custom sequence dress.

How the fuck you going to put me out when you saw them bitches attack me? I don't even know them hoes! I spat furiously at STK security guard.

I saw you, so I grabbed you. He replied with a dumb look on his face.

Where the fuck is my money and my hair? I screamed at STK security guard.

What the hell? Why the fuck y'all jump her? Neffi screamed at the girls that were with Faith Evans, as she picked my stuff up off the floor.

Them bitches better not steal my shit! Go get my purse and my money! I yelled at the dumb ass security guard. At this point, the restaurant was in chaos.

Blondi came running outside, Are you okay? What the fuck was that all about? Somebody hit me because it feels like the side of my face is swelling up. She said with panic in her eyes.

I don't know them bitches who the fuck are they? I was still confused as to why I just had to fight for my life when less than twenty minutes ago I was enjoying my birthday…

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Chapter One

Life In The Murder Capital

Growing up in the murder capital of the world taught me a lot about life. I learned early that you must watch out for any and everybody. Somebody was always out to catch you slipping. Even a man in a uniform. Most people think that certain things could never happen to them until it happens; then it's too late. Most importantly, always be aware of your surroundings at all times. Learn to have a sense of discernment. Just because a person has on a uniform does not make them trustworthy. I almost had to find out the hard way!

Living in Gary, Indiana was crazy! At that time, wicked things would happen in our city which made most consider it to be the murder capital of the world. In this city, you had to be ready for anything. Both of my parents worked at the same steel mill plant, but in different departments. I was two years old when they were divorced, so I don’t remember what it felt like to have both parents in the same household. My dad kept me grounded and focused on track and basketball, while my mother worked twelve to sixteen-hour shifts six days a week.

I missed out on bonding with my mother because she worked so hard to make sure my brothers, sister, and I had everything we needed. No matter how hard my mother worked, or how tired she was after long shifts, she made sure she kept us in church every Sunday and sometimes on Wednesday nights. I didn’t appreciate it when I was younger, but today I am very thankful to know GOD. I had a great childhood, but once I got to middle school, I was introduced to the real world. I was a tomboy up until the eighth grade, but, junior high changed all of that.

I started dressing in the newest fashions, keeping my hair done, and wearing contacts.

My father got remarried when I was fifteen, he started spending more time with his wife and her kids and less time with me. I had only met her a few times before he married her so it’s safe to say I didn’t agree with the marriage, but I wanted my dad to be happy. My dad started being too busy to attend my basketball games and my mother was a workaholic, therefore, I barely saw my parents.

I started losing interest in basketball and started paying more attention to boys. Although, I had won many MVP awards, ribbons, and trophies throughout my life that still wasn’t enough to keep me focused. I had been on the Honor Roll all my life up until the eighth grade, but because I was a star basketball player I felt like I didn’t need grades.

Once I got to High School I was starting on Varsity as a Freshman and everybody in the school came to the games. Around this time, I was starting to ‘smell myself.’ I’m not gonna lie I’d develop a little ego. I was dating the star player on the boys’ basketball team, who was a sophomore. He had the coolest name in the school ‘Quaylo.’ I hung with about ten girls on a regular basis, so I was popular. All my grades started slipping especially math and in order to play on the team, I needed to maintain a certain grade point average.

My coach came to me one day and told me I needed to have at least a C in math so that I could play in next week’s game. I agreed to do extra credit but how with a game less than a week away. This was when I found out that if you’re a star you can have people pull ‘power strings.’ He had the assistant principal make my math teacher change my grade. I found out my grade was changed to a B from a D when the assistant principal approached me in the hallway and told me he took care of my grade. I was like Damn, that was the first time I’d experienced someone using their ‘power of authority’ to make a situation turn out in their favor.

Chapter Two

Independence

On my 16th Birthday, I got hired for my first job as a hostess and runner at Bennigans. I wasn’t able to be a waitress because they sold liquor and I was underage. I was glad to finally be making my own money, I felt a sense of independence. By this time, I had replaced basketball with boys. It was the end of my sophomore year. I was making money I was popular, I was cute, and had a new boyfriend that was eighteen-years-old. That’s when I found out I was two and a half months pregnant with my son.

I noticed that I’d gained weight, but I was still having my period it just wouldn’t last as long. I never had any morning sickness or other abnormal symptoms. I’d fallen hard for the first dude that said he loved me, I was young, dumb, and full of cum.

The words that my dad used to boost my confidence, my boyfriend was now telling me, and I was head over heels in love. Too bad it didn’t take long for me to find out that he wasn’t shit. Just a dude that used me for anything he could get. Around this time Tupac had just been murdered. The whole East Coast and West Coast beef had finally ended. However, people that I knew in school were dropping like flies. I went to so many funerals during my high school years I lost count. I had given birth to my son the summer of my junior year. Everybody in school was telling me that they didn’t even know I was pregnant.

When I was pregnant I didn’t tell anybody because I was so ashamed that I’d let my parents down. I was in denial for so long that I didn’t tell my best friend Jennifer until I was six months.

I was raised in a family that goes strictly by the Bible and I didn’t know how they would react. Thank God everyone pitched in to make sure that I finished High School. I felt bad that I blew my scholarship to Ball State University, that really hurt my dad. He was looking forward to me going to the WNBA.

When I turned eighteen me and my mother argued all the time, so she ended up putting me out. I stayed with my boyfriend for a week until I found a studio apartment for me and my son.

Once I was settled into my new place I decided to enroll at Ivy Tech Community College. I always knew I wanted to be a Boss. I wanted to learn how to run my own businesses. My family watched my son while I worked and went to school. I was so proud of myself when I walked across the stage to receive my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Marketing.

I was glad my whole family was there for my special day, I hated failing. I think I went so hard for my degree because I had tried to get my real estate license twice and failed. During my studies, I even landed a job. First, I worked at the Governor of Indiana campaign’s office. Then I landed a permanent position at Congressman of Indiana Peter Visclosky’s office. I’m thankful to even know Congressman he’s such a great man. He helped my mother get her disability when she had to retire early from developing lupus. I had never heard of Lupus, I really had to do my research.

That’s why when Toni Braxton came out about her condition I could understand what she was going through. This disease really had my mother down, she had to learn how to walk all over again. It took only one letter from my boss and my mother started receiving full benefits. I was so happy because I could stop selling weed on the side to help her pay her bills.

Although I was renting one of my grandparent’s properties and had a good job, I didn’t want my son growing up in that type of environment. Everybody I knew had died or moved away so I was ready to go.

Chapter Three

(P.O.P) Public Official Pedophile

One hot summer day I was hanging out with my friend Mona Honeycutt. At the time, I was twenty-two years old, my son was five, and Mona was thirty-six. Since my mother worked all the time I didn't know a whole lot about beauty products, Mona taught me how to do my makeup. Mona was a hustler that lived off her child support checks and government assistance. She had three boys that she took very good care of.

This day the leaders of the city were throwing an annual community picnic at a park not too far from Mona's house. They had a lot of food for the families and there were about fifty maybe sixty people at the park. I was fixing me and my son a plate when a tall older man in a uniform approached me and asked if my son could have some ice cream. I asked him if he was giving all the kids ice cream and he replied yes.

I look down at my son and asked him if he wanted some ice cream and he said yes, so I told the gentleman sure he can have some ice cream. As I was fixing the plates I noticed that I could no longer see my son out the corner of my eye. I reached down to put the last hot dog on my plate. I looked down and noticed that my son was no longer on the side of me. As I turned around, my eyes scanned the whole park really fast trying to see where my