Between Us
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Temi has spent her whole life trying to be enough.
Enough for her mother.
Enough for expectations she never fully understands.
Enough to avoid hearing the words she fears most... "I'm disappointed in you."
No matter how hard she tries, it never feels like it's enough.
So she learns to stay quiet.
To shrink herself.
To survive love that always feels conditional.
Until a stranger enters her life through simple messages.
Camden doesn't try to fix her.
He just listens.
And somehow, that changes everything Temi thought she knew about herself, her pain, and what it means to be seen.
But healing is never simple...
Especially when the hardest battles are the ones fought at home.
And some words stay longer than they should.
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