Hanging by a Moment
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Last published Sat, Aug 13, 2016
If someone told you that life is fair, they lied! Direct them to the nearest hospital immediately!
When they get out, ask them if life's fair again and see if that answer changes.
Did it? Well if it didn't run, you're dealing with a pathological liar.
The way I see things are pretty straight-forward. Sue me! Or change my mind.
Laiyah Thompson, doesn't trust easily. Once she does trust you, if you ever break it. Good luck getting it back. The situations in her life have closed her up to letting people get too close. Her fear of getting hurt again leads her to go to outrageous limits to protect herself, and her family from being vulnerable.
Having her mother abandon her when she was just five, following the death of her father. Laiyah grows up without an explanation to why her mother left her and her little sister.
What happens 12 years after, when mummy dearest shows up?
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