AALIYAH KALI
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Fear is a funny thing. You grow up thinking it, feeling it. But you never truly understand fear until it paralyses you. You never fully understand it until it's staring you right in the eye. And it never truly is fear unless it forces you to make a rash decision that could change the entire course of your life.
And I never fully understood it until I was made to tell my family a fact that none of us could ignore. A fact that no one could hide. A fact that I knew would destroy any sort of good relationship I had with any of them. A fact that made me choose between what my parents told me was correct, and what I knew was right.
"I'm pregnant." I whispered within a breath that was so quite I almost thought no one heard me. I fully believed no one did for a moment, but when I saw every feature on my fathers face contorted into one of complete rage, I knew he heard me loud and clear. And by the way my whole family's eyes stabbed me like daggers confirmed the fact that they had heard me too.
It was in that moment that I knew I'd made the right decision. That right decision being to leave, and never look back...
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Pretty Rich Dreams
Romance"Are ballerinas flexible, darling?" He asked while lifting my chin with his finger. He stood above me, looking down at me as though he held all the power in the world. And in this moment, he did. I shook my head. "Words, Aaliyah." His tone was sof...
