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Chapter 27| She raised me

Author: EliJa
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Eve

Present Day

Weak.

I acted weak. I did everything I was told to do.

I thought if I acted weak—if I just became what everyone wanted me to be—I’d finally be enough. That I’d finally have a place.

When I was twelve, I might have been quiet, cold, and weird, but I was still a child. And like every other child, I just wanted a family. I just wanted someone to love me, someone to tell me I belonged.

That twelve-year-old girl had been brave in her own way, standing firm when everyone mocked her, ridiculed her, hated her. But eventually, she changed. I changed.

I started smiling when I didn’t feel like it. I made myself smaller, quieter. I pretended to be scared, stupid, weak. Anything to make people feel comfortable around me.

I let people walk over me because I thought that was the answer. That if I just played my part, I’d finally get what I was looking for.

But I kept asking myself over the years—was this really the answer I had been searching for? Would it ever be
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