THE FIRST
The scent of brown sugar and butter still lingered faintly in the air, but the cookies had cooled long ago. Anise sat at the edge of the kitchen counter. The baking moment with Aunt Marie had felt warm, even healing—but that was before the void returned.
Before she remembered.
Hadiza Umar.
She wa...
Chapters
1. PROLOGUE
2. Keep It Together
3. The Flash Drive
4. Find Me Where The Peace Resides
5. UNWIND WITH ME
6. PROMISE ME HE'LL BE OKAY
7. THINGS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IN A WEIRD WAY
8. THE FREAK
9. GOOD OLD DAYS
10. DAYS TURNED INTO WEEKS
11. THE CHANGE
12. Tainted With A Bitter Aftertaste
13. A Date? Tell me more
14. IT GETS WEIRD REAL QUICK
15. THE MYSTERY GIRL
16. THAT MAKES THE TWO OF US
17. PRIOR TO THIS, THINGS WERE PERFECT
18. WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES I COULD SEE THE SMILES
19. A SHADOW I CANT SHAKE
20. I SHOULD BE PROTECTING YOU
21. THE FAGILE PEACE I CLUNG TO
22. BEYOND SUSPICIONS
23. A BREAK WOULDN'T HURT
24. ECHOED LIKE A HOLLOW WHISPER
25. THE HUSH OF THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
26. THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING
27. A CUP OF JOE
28. TELL ME SOMETHING REAL
29. A PIECE OF HER MOTHER SHE COULD STILL HOLD ONTO
30. ONE STEP AT A TIME
31. KEVIN
32. FELT LIKE A CLOSED DOOR
33. NOT NOW...NOT EVER
34. TO SMILE ON THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS EASIER TO CRY
35. THE WAREHOUSE
36. WESLEY GRANT
37. WAS IT ALL A LIE
38. I NEED SOME AIR
39. WHY DID YOU NEVER COME BACK?
40. ENOUGH TO START A WAR
41. TRAPPED
42. THEY TOOK HER
43. WHERE AM I?
44. I OWE HER ONE
45. UNBROKEN
46. YOU FOUND ME
47. DEAR DIARY
48. SHE WAS ALIVE
49. THIS FEELS LIKE GOODBYE
50. GIANNA
51. BECAUSE THEY'D COME FOR ME NEXT
52. YOU THINK WE'RE BROKEN?
53. JUST FOR AWHILE
54. THEN LET US LOVE YOU WHY YOU TRY
55. THE FIRST
56. THE WALL BEHIND
57. THEN WE'RE EVEN
58. THEN SHOW ME
59. NOT THE KIND THAT PULLED YOU TO BED
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