Dancer Celia's Hidden Burden

Jacob Collins is framed for treason and taken away. His sister Celia has no choice but to work as a dancer at the Paramount Dance Hall to survive. Commander Wayne Jerome, probing Jacob's case, is lured by his cousin Gabriel into the club and drugged. Disoriented, Wayne wakes in Celia's room after a night neither planned. The next morning Celia demands thirty thousand dollars; Wayne, enraged and humiliated, rejects her. Three months later Celia discovers she is pregnant. Her secret pregnancy raises the stakes: reputations, safety, and Jacob's fate hang in the balance. With betrayal close and danger looming, Celia must fight to protect herself and her unborn child while the truth stays buried.