Tied To A Ribbon
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Last published Wed, Jul 28, 2021
This is based on real life events. The story is a time lapse story that takes us from childhood, to high school and then to young adults. From the point of view of multiple people we are going to see who exactly is Madison Reed, the young woman who couldn't fairly plant her roots, but aspires to become greater than anyone's expectations. Through her eyes we see what a young black woman dreams, feels and challenges as modern day adversities like age, sex, color and money try's to block her and Kai Reed's way.
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