"Leave me alone, Dianne!" I protested, shaking my cousin's hand off my shoulder.
"Mirabel, I'm only trying to help. Think about it na. Your dad is dead and your mother is insane...!"
"...my mother is not insane...!" I screamed at her, raising my previously bowed head.
Still calm, Dianne smiled at me, "How long will you keep lying to yourself?"
"Stop!" I warned - more like pleaded - dramatically turning my gaze from hers.
"I'm only trying to help"
"Don't" came the response, "Please...leave me" I begged once again.
Dianne shrugged in surrender and stood up. She silently walked to the door. I felt her turn to get one more look at me, her distressed and depressed cousin. I just kept staring out the window at nothing in particular, shedding those thin, lonely stream of salt.
"Just think about it" she urged me one more time.
I frowned. There was no point thinking about it anymore. I had made my decision.
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Mirabel is everyone's favorite. Loved by God, decorated by nature, taken care of by Janet her mother and Collins her father, lusted after by men, envied by women and admired by children. Somehow, something from somewhere or someone takes her sunshine all she sees are dark and heavy cloud with no silver lining.
How does Mirabel handle her grief? Read Handling Grief to find out.
"Do you have anything to say?"
He shook his head, but never shifted his gaze from her face.
"Well then, what do you want?" She snapped, tired of his incessant staring.
He shook his head again, still remaining speechless.
She sighed. "Is there something on my face?"
He nodded.
"Well, what is it?" She asked, her gaze now locked on his.
"Your beauty."
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On a dark and stormy night, two families gather in a house and tell each other stories to keep things lively.
Funny stories, tragic stories or thrillers?
Find out as you embark on this unparalleled journey consisting of a dashing prince and his love interest, to a beggar and his road to success, and even two agents who never see eye to eye.
Grab a packet of popcorn, some chips and a bottle of soft drink as you settle comfortably on your bed and experience history, the present and the future through the pages of this book.
Certainly, you won't ever drop it.
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1st place under the Teen Fiction category in the WalkbyFaith Awards 2021.
1st place under the Romance category in the Faith Alive Awards 2022.