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Author: Onyemaobi
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

Thanks for checking out this book.

A chapter dedicated to your support as well as your very well received suggestions. 

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SCHEDULE

all chapters to be posted on 05-07-20

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Do know that, your lovely comments and constructive criticism are welcomed-

-and ofc, some votes are well appreciated. 

Hate comments gets reciprocated here and that basically sums it up. 

Besides you'll find yourself too indulged in the book to be hateful-

-at least I hope you do. And I hope you love it as much as I loved writing it for you. 

In the meantime, enjoy my world of choices and characters that I hope you fall in love with and follow them on this quest called life. 

AESTHETICS

A collection of wonderful photos, tagged as aesthetics has been carefully and almost perfectly created to meet both the pace and fashion of this book. 

Variety of applications, combined with the efforts of the author and graphic designers are responsible for the fancy pieces you see.

As this book is somewhat filled with flashbacks, ensure that you read through each sentence at the top-

Nevertheless, each flashback or any conversion are notably typed in italics for easy understanding. 

DEDICATION

Dedicated to the team behind the writing and the sources of inspiration-

-to God and the most supportive parents I could wish for. 

Dedicated to my friends and followers. Yup, each one of you- even you reading this! 

GRAMMAR

This book is yet to be thoroughly edited, so if you come across any grammatical errors, feel free to comment inline. 

I apologize for any errors or inconveniences while reading. 

TRIGGER WARNING

There are a bunch of disclaimers at certain chapters but if you aren't cool with anxiety and mentions of suicide and self harm and other sensitive topics-

-then maybe this just isn't for you and yeah, a lot of mystery and dramedy, i mean, who doesn't love that?

But asides all and all, I really do hope you enjoy my book and random person reading this, 

-yes, you! 

You are amazing. And I love you. 

CONCLUSION

Stay blessed.❤️

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  • IRENE   THIRTY-FOUR.

    35: you were only seventeen.“Regina”“Oh Regina”He ended the voicemail with the same words he began with.With the soft call of his wife’s name.And Zachary couldn’t even bring him to hear it all again. He even had tears falling frailly down his cheeks as he tossed it away.He sniffled as he attempted to communicate with Katharina while his ears fell on his favorite song on the radio. It was timely, perhaps——cigarette daydreams by Cage the Elephant.What a name you would have thought, but it meant something more to Zachary. The lyrics, because food was his cigarette that he was addicted to. And also the fact that he was barely even seventeen and still faced as much strugg

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  • IRENE   TWENTY-SEVEN

    27: if you can hold on, hold on.“If you really love him, half as much as claim to—”“This random perfect stranger that’s all made up in your head, is not the person here. It’s not Zach” Katharina had let the echoes of her whisper get to her as she ran through the fields.The echoes of no other than, Regina. His mother.“Both of you are bad for each other. Look what happened, a moment away from me. Look at the news, where is your mother? Look at him” She said. “What was the grand plan?” Reggie threw questions at her as she cupped her chin to look down.“I don’t know”“That is it, there is no grand plan. The truth is both of you bring out the worst in each other, so if you love him half as much as you claim to, you’ll

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