Rugged To The Core
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  • Reads 154,317
  • Votes 27,454
  • Parts 102
  • Time 25h 36m
Ongoing, First published Jul 28, 2016
"You're alive for a reason. Everything you've passed through will shape you into the ultimate masterpiece because even golds are forged in fire to become jewels." I whispered softly. "And I dare you, Abel Ugochukwu Ejiofor. I dare you to persevere."

     Lucky Adekunle is a timorous seventeen year old with a mountain of insecurities and unending questions about her family. Even though her name has the word 'Luck' in it, It's the one thing she's never had. All her life she's dealt with an abusive father who wants nothing more than to mold her into the 'perfect child'. But the abuses suddenly become tolerable when she meets a certain boy diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. 

    This is a story of two young adults from turbulent homes and their struggle to make it out alive.
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