The truth hurts sometimes
Ten-year-old Katie Jones believes her family is broken—but normal. Her older brother Arron takes care of her while their mother works long hours and their stepfather, John, rules the house with anger and control. Katie knows not to ask questions. She knows some truths are better left alone.
That illusion shatters on her eleventh birthday.
What begins as a party filled with music and laughter erupts into gunfire, leaving Arron critically injured and pulling Katie into a world of gangs, secrets, and violence she was never meant to see. As police investigate and family loyalties fracture, Katie begins to uncover disturbing truths about her parents, her stepfather’s criminal ties, and the dangerous legacy surrounding her real father’s death.
As Arron fights to recover, he is kidnapped and moved across state lines. Katie, protected by those she trusts most, becomes the unintended key to unraveling a web of crimes stretching back decades. With the help of a determined detective, Steve, and the fiercely loyal Courtney, Katie learns that the people she thought were protecting her have been hiding devastating truths—including the existence of a terrifying predator within her own bloodline.
The past resurfaces in brutal ways. Family members are revealed to be both victims and villains. And the man hunting Katie is closer than anyone ever imagined.
In a final confrontation deep in the woods, the truth comes fully into the light—revealing the real cause of her father’s death and ending a cycle of violence that has haunted her family for generations.
The Truth Hurts Sometimes is a gripping, emotional thriller about survival, family loyalty, and the devastating cost of uncovering secrets meant to stay buried.
