Circles - Circles, #1

Karen Ezekiel is a  political savant whose life turns to chaos after catching the eye of a renowned public figure. The Honorable Judge Joseph Okaro is a lead candidate for the Nigerian Senate.  He coerces Karen into an illicit love affair. Joy Okaro is Joseph's wife. She pays Karen to flee the country after the judge impregnates her.  The child must be left behind at her insistence. Joseph is oblivious to their arrangement.
He accuses Karen of child abandonment and prevents her from seeing the boy for  the next six years. Karen is left emotionally distraught in America.  Cyclothymia is the diagnosis. The past must be revisited in order to heal old wounds.