𝖫𝗒𝗂𝗇' 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀

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📍FAMU Campus🐍

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"Hello, you're about to receive a collect call from Dedric Br—" Before her dad could finish saying his name, Seoni immediately picked up.

Seoni had always been a daddy's girl; all she knew was Dedric.

"Hey, baby girl, you got my letter?" Dedric asked nervously, shifting the phone from one ear to the other.

"Hey, Daddy. Yeah, I got it, but you told me not to open it until the 17th," Seoni replied as she glanced down at the date.

It was indeed the 17th; she hadn't even noticed. The last time she talked to her dad, he was really uneasy about the note.

"Oh, my bad, I didn't even notice it—"

"Baby, you need to read it now, but I don't wanna be on the phone when you do," Dedric sighed.

Little did Seoni know, her dad had been dreading this conversation since he found out. He knew his daughter; he knew how she'd spiral.

"I love you, Se," was the last thing she heard before the call disconnected.

She thought this was extremely weird. Her dad knew how much she needed to hear his voice. This really pissed her off.

Sighing, Seoni stood up, sliding her pedicured feet into her Gucci Bloom slides, and started walking to her room.

Scanning her dresser, her eyes fell upon the letter her dad wrote. After a moment of hesitation, she decided to open it.

"Love, Daddy..." Seoni whispered, feeling tears start to flow down her cheeks onto the letter.

Seoni couldn't believe what she had just read. Her cheeks felt like they were on fire.

Dedric was arrested for his wife's murder. Even though they had little to no evidence, they still charged him with first-degree murder and arson.

And if Dedric pled guilty to this crime—a crime Seoni knew he could never commit—he would never get out.