The Worse You Meant

In the heart of Jackson, Mississippi, one week is all it takes for a family to unravel.Jasmine Bell, sixteen, lives in a house built on silence. Her father’s authority is law, her mother’s voice barely a whisper, and her siblings—each scarred in their own secret way—are learning to survive, not live. But when Jasmine meets a charming older man in the grocery store, a dangerous spark ignites. What begins as a forbidden affair quickly spirals into something far more calculated… and far more deadly.As Jasmine’s birthday approaches, her world—already cracked—begins to split wide open. The stranger she’s fallen for harbors a dark vendetta. A secret past ties him to her family in ways no one could predict, and by the time the candles are lit, blood may already be on someone’s hands.Told over seven breathless days, The Worse You Meant is a haunting exploration of generational pain, revenge disguised as romance, and the unraveling truth buried in the cracks of a seemingly ordinary Black household. Gripping, cinematic, and emotionally raw, this is a story about what “worse” really means—and who survives it.