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ction. She barely recognized the person looking back. He

it?" she asked aloud

about herself. She believed she was weak. She believed her voice didn't ma

she was living a lie, pretending to be someone she wasn't. The

ten. Amaka wanted to confide in her, to share the burden she'd been carrying

d that she had a choice to make. She could continue to believe

eeting her own gaze in the mirror. "I am not weak," she

to start speaking her truth. Amaka took a deep b

's eyes landed on a piece of paper taped to the corner of the

know her worth will

ge of anger, mixed with sadness. Why had her mother never told her

new she couldn't dwell on them. Not now. She had