silkpressprincess
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- Parts 9
She had shattered the final ceiling, not just as the first woman, not just as the first Black and South Asian woman, but as someone who had fought, bled, and sacrificed her way to the highest office in the land. Every step of her journey had been a battle. And tonight, she had won.
But as the crowd thinned and the cameras dimmed, Kamala stood backstage in the shadows of her own triumph. Her heart, instead of soaring, felt heavier than it ever had before.