The Only One

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Dinah is the only one in the whole world who knows my true identity. Dinah is the only one who knows that I struggle daily. She is the only one I can't hide from. The only one I Trust.




I've been beating myself up for a while now. I've never been confident. Ever. I've never liked myself. When auditions came up in Miami for the X Factor, my whole family encouraged me to go for it. I felt so pressured. I wanted to make my family happy. That's why I did it. I was thinking maybe it'd help me with my confidence too. I never even expected to make it past auditions, let alone be put in girl group and win third place. Now for anyone, that would boost their confidence. Getting that far. But not me. It just made it worse. I was put in a group where all the girls were extremely pretty. I was jealous. I felt I didn't fit in. I had to act like it, though. I had no clue what was to come with this new fame. I had not mentally prepared myself for the public eye. I was so worried everyone would find out I wasn't like the other girls. And one day, it happened.

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