Where Softness Goes To Die
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> Moremi Wilson was made of softness-of skin too tender, of words too careful, of a heart that bruised every time someone said "I love you" and didn't mean it.
Half British, half Yoruba, and wholly misplaced, she's spent her life trying to belong somewhere-anywhere. But love never let her settle.
Then he came. The boy with the crooked smile and venom in his voice. The one who touched her like she was art and ruined her like she was his canvas.
In the city where cultures clash and hearts don't heal, Moremi learns that softness is a luxury...
And girls like her don't get to keep it for long.
This isn't a story about healing.
It's about the unimaginable twists and turns of life.
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