All of the Strings
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Última publicación sáb, jul 6, 2024
Growing up with a flighty, unavailable mother for the most prominent years of your childhood then subsequently being dumped into foster care at the tender age of eight for 18 months really shapes a girl. It's hard adjusting to normal life after that; moving down the coast and living with your functional and loving father and new family definitely was not something Akasha Wayland saw coming. 11 years later after building a new life with her dad, stepmom and twin brothers, getting accepted into the college of her dreams and having two best friends that anyone could have, life couldn't get any better. All of the worst years were behind her now... or so she thought. Horrible, terrible secrets and skeletons that aren't so dead after all threaten to unravel life as she knows it. All because she picked up a guitar again.
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"You trust me?" I look up at him, staring into his light brown eyes that stared directly at me. It felt like he was staring into my soul trying to read me. I could barely answer his question because I was busy looking at him. Once I realized I was staring like crazy, I quickly look down. "I do." ----------------------------- She's the girl you never saw coming, the unexpected one who calms you, centers you, and still she turns out to be the surprise love of your love. She gets you, really gets you like no one ever has. She is your best friend, lover, and soulmate all wrapped in the prettiest package. She is unforgettable, she is like no one, which is why you are addicted to her mind, her soul, her body, and her presence. You can't get her out of your system. You taste her and she runs through you hot like blood and fire. She never leaves you no matter what, because she too, knows how rare the connection is. You have never had anyone stick by you like that before. She is the safest place you ever know. You are soft for her no matter how hard life gets, she is there and your feelings never change. She loves you fiercely and you feel her love deep in your bones and in your soul. She is the one who makes you feel whole in a way you never have before and that terrifies you. But, what terrifies you even more...is losing her. 03/12/21-04/25/21 Rankings: #9 in africanamerican 9-16-21 #84 in urban 9-16-21 #113 in blacklove 9-16-21 #1 in blacklovestory 9-16-21 #45 in contemporarylit 9-16-21 #18 in blackcouple 9-16-21 #218 in urbanromance 9-16-21 #1 in saveblackcharacters 9-16-21
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