WILLOW
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Willow is not lost.
She's just... not where she thought she'd be.
At twenty-seven, she's already done the things that were supposed to change everything, graduating Cum Laude, getting a job, moving into her own place.But instead of clarity, she feels stuck in a life that looks right but doesn't feel like hers.
Torn between a Zimbabwean identity she never fully grew into and a South African life that still feels slightly borrowed, Willow is trying to figure out who she is before the world decides for her.
Add faith, pressure, therapy, family expectations, and a quiet desire for love that never quite aligns with her values... and suddenly, being "unbothered" starts to feel less like peace and more like survival.
Even downloading Luma didn't change that.
This isn't a story about having it all figured out. It's about becoming, slowly.
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