NEMESIS - The Bitter Taste of Failure
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Sandra and Monica have always been together since childhood, sharing every moment with laughter, secrets, and big dreams. Their friendship is close and full of warmth, growing together through good times and bad. One day, they discover a stack of fashion magazines in the corner of the living room. With sparkling eyes, they flip through the pages, admiring the luxurious dresses and captivating design sketches. Big dreams begin to grow in their hearts.
"I want to be a model like in these magazines."
"I want to make fashions."
Without realizing it, that simple moment becomes the beginning of a long journey that changes their lives forever.
Years later, Sandra and Monica pursue their childhood dreams at Oscar de la Renta. However, intrigue and betrayal begin to haunt them. Monica becomes involved in an evil plan to steal Sandra's design ideas. Their friendship and dreams are tested by ambition and deceit. Will Sandra be able to overcome this betrayal, or will the glamorous fashion world destroy their dreams?
This story reveals how ambition and revenge can transform two close friends, once full of camaraderie, into the greatest of enemies, nemesis.
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β¬ πππ π»ππ£π οΌ πππππ₯ πππ£πππ€ β¬ There is a crucial moment in one's life that determines the outcome of everything; well, as books and movies would have you believe. But Monica McCaslin didn't think she would ever be one of those people, would ever have one of those moments. Brought up in a small suburb, with everything she could ever ask for, there wasn't much left for her to want. Monica's ordinary life was to go as such- follow her high school sweetheart to college, graduate, get married, have two kids; the cookie cutter life. White picket fence included. What she did not expect was to meet a dark-haired stranger sitting all alone on a park bench, at that very same school she was to attend with said future husband. After a brief conversation, just a handful of words between them, Monica decides to go on a cross-country road trip with him; putting her faith and future in the hands of a stranger. Thinking she'd soon regret her decision and the life she left behind, she realizes she doesn't at all. Free of expectation and a future that she thought was set in stone, she begins to find the woman she was truly meant to be. State by state, with each border they cross, Monica liberates her true self. πΉπ π π β π π β - βπ ππ‘πππ₯π - β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ β« β¬ This is a work of fiction. This all comes from inside of my mind. If there are any similarities to people, places, events, etc. they are purely coincidental. Also, this book has mature themes such as explicit language, sexual content, and violence. It is intended for MATURE audiences only. Β©2021 | AndiBlackbird Started: 1-15-21 Completed: 5-9-21
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