A Working Facade
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We're all one way or the other familiar with the feeling of being constantly monitored or spoken for. It's even more hard when there's no one rooting for you.
Jayla is well acclimatized with such a situation; her parents almost always on watch. What makes her situation even more worse is the lack of admiration and appreciation that comes with her hardwork in school.
To survive, she has to have two sides, the one her parents gets to see and the one only she knows..till Axel comes along.
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