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Lit Up

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Parts 22
Time 3h 11m

Reads 4,017
Votes 1,347
Parts 22
Time 3h 11m

Fikayo knows there's no escape from the darkness she has known and lived in for years. Lit cigarettes give her comfort but it doesn't last long. She finds herself continually at its mercy, begging for a renewal of relief from her pain. 

Can a life deluged with gloom be lit up? She is in too deep, irredeemable, too broken to be mended into wholeness.All Rights Reserved

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