The Loudest Minds
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Last published Thu, Aug 18, 2016
"Quiet people have the loudest minds."
-Stephen Hawking
Rose Gheata is a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a hoodie three sizes too big.
And she is slowly losing her mind.
Her life is rapidly spiraling down the drain. Her parents and twin brother are dead. She'll be moving across an ocean in two weeks time, leaving all her loved ones behind. Those that are still alive, anyway.
She gives herself a choice: live in silence, and reside in the hell that is her current state of mind; or die with the family she played a part in killing.
So will she bite her tongue? Or take her life?
The strength to face death.
The cowardice to refuse it.
But what happens when she meets someone who teaches her that taking her life is the easy way out? Someone who teaches her that only the strongest can convey emotions without words? That staying strong means facing her fears and actions, instead of running from them? That the quietest people have the loudest minds?
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