What do you do when the life you know and love is suddenly ripped away from you?
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Grace had the perfect home life.
She had two loving parents, and her two adorably fluffy grey kittens, Connor and Zoe. She had her boyfriend, Noah, who loved her more than almost anything. She had her best friend, Lydia, whom she could talk to about anything. And she has the most amazing church ever, where she had some of the most amazing friendships ever.
So, when her mom passes away, it seems like everything falls apart for Grace. In the midst of her grief, she slowly grows distant from those around her and from God, as she sinks deeper into depression.
Will she be able to save herself before it is too late?
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Author's Note:
Being the musical nerd I am, this story will definitely have some musical theatre references (for example, the names of the kittens!). Also, the majority of the story will be in Grace's POV with a few chapters in other characters' POVs. I will let readers know if the POV changes at the beginning of the story. I hope y'all enjoy this! I'm not much of a writer, so this is a summer project for me. Also, if you see any grammatical errors in the story, let me know, and I will fix them as soon as I can. I hope y'all enjoy this! (Also, give me some cover ideas because I'm not sure what to do for the cover.) Anyways, yeah, I hope y'all enjoy this!
~ Rosalie
"And We have made some of you a trial for others. Will you ˹not then˺ be patient?"
The first time I read this ayah in surah Furqaan, I had no idea it defined my future so clearly.
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Hafiz Hakimi;-
A 26-year-old Nigerian-American who grew up believing those who worshipped something they couldn't see were crazy motherfuckers. But it wasn't like he would go out of his way to tell them his opinion. His life was perfect, a routine of work, party, fuck, sleep, and repeat. His only source of annoyance was the woman whose vagina he popped out of, but even she was very far away from him. Life was good, everything was great. Until one fateful trip to Nigeria, his home country, set off a tornado that wrecked his mundane to pieces.
Aliya Suleiman;-
A 22-year-old hafiza whose only goal was to finish studying medicine, the devil's course. She only planned to get married after making her first million dollars, a feat her best friend Jasra said was impossible. She wasn't offended of course, because she never planned to get married. And if she did, it would be to someone more pious than her, mature and respectful; indulging. But then the one person she couldn't say no to begged her with tears in her eyes to marry her son. She was the woman who raised her and provided for her mother and her. There was no way she could refuse.
It was the worst thing to have ever happened to both of them.
A sudden downpour on an otherwise clear sunny day.
He wasn't anywhere near the kind of man she imagined herself with.
She was the woman raised by the person he hated the most.
It was basically a recipe for disaster.
She saw him as a way to repay a favour.
He wanted to use her to get revenge.
And as such, the stage was set and the curtains lifted.
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🚨 This is entirely a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons, places, a particular culture or event; whether real or fictional, is purely coincidental.