Those Necessary Thorns: Derrick Pender

Being born into the Thorn family was no gift; where secrets, lies, murder and abuse were all common place. In this captivating recount, loosely based on a true story by Aretha Cephus, Desiree Elizabeth Taylor delves deep into her painful past in order to reclaim herself and her marriage to James Jones Taylor.

In order to understand their future, they must first acknowledge the past. In the beginning there was love. In the middle there was pain. In the end there was understanding. In this third and final installment of this dramatized series, the things and people that shaped her adult life have come back with a vengeance including one of the most painful off all; Derrick Pender. This is the story of how a major tragedy changed her life for better or worse.

Does time really heal all wounds?