The Woman : In the Skin of their Sin

Ida Jones-Everstein-once known as Ida Jones-Hatt-has spent years trying to outrun the memories she was raised to keep quiet. Now, as an adult and a new Christian, she finally turns back to face the life she survived: a childhood shaped by burdened loyalty, unspoken wounds, and the kind of family power that demanded silence above all else.

Born into the influential Hatt family, Ida and her twin sister Anna grew up under the shadow of their father, Victor Hatt-a man whose ambition often blurred the boundaries between protection and possession. His relentless pursuit of status within the family's engineering empire, and its more confidential dealings, left the girls trapped in a world where their voices held no weight and their choices were never truly their own.

The corruption ran deep, rooted in the legacy of the family patriarch, Father Hatt. His "untimely" death left control in the hands of his widow, Mother Edwards-an unyielding matriarch whose iron rule shaped every part of the Hatt lineage. She banished one son without explanation, controlled another through shared power, and kept the family's darker truths sealed beneath reputation and influence.

But when a single fatal mistake inside the Hatt family's hidden operations shakes their empire, Ida is forced to confront everything she thought she understood about her past-and the God who calls her toward freedom from it.

Now, in recounting her journey, Ida shares a story of trauma, survival, faith, and the quiet courage that carried her from a life defined by secrets to a future shaped by grace. This is her truth. This is her reclaiming.