Touch Of Reality

Touch Of Reality

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"Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced... "_____________"I don't want anything to do with you!" I screamed, wiping away the tears I didn't know had ran down my cheeks."Yeah, is that so? Then why'd you come back to me Latoya?" he scowled grabbing my elbow and blowing the smoke from his cigarette onto my face."I didn't come back to you! I needed your help and moreover I left home to start afresh. Nobody wants a douche like yo..." a painful grip around my neck cut my sentence short, causing more tears to ran down heavily but that didn't make me flinch nor did I utter a word."You drive me fucking nuts ya' know that?! I wish you died that same night with your brother." He scoffed, his other hand gripping his hair roughly in an all too familiar way. One in which seemed to often happen around me.Laughing coldly whilst sending and icy glare at him, I replied, "atleast I still have my family and know I'm actually loved by people."With that said, the rage in his eyes were evident and I was certain mine too mimicked the same. Letting go of my neck, he came just close enough till our foreheads were nearly touching. Both of us glared at each other, not backing down without a fight.×Latoya .M. Sykes, fearful and independent at only 21 and the last born in a family of three. After witnessing her brother getting murdered she decided to leave everything and everyone behind without saying goodbye and start a brand new life, one where she could completely forget all about her past and worries. Five years later she receives an anonymous call from her brother's murderer forcing her to return back to the place she thought was buried away and forgetten.As Latoya is forced to go back, secrets are unveiled, sparks reunite and she soon discovers that you can't run away from your demons especially those that haunt you no matter where you go.×…

Emerald

Emerald

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»sʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇᴅ ᴘᴀsᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡɪɴɢs-- sʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʜᴇʟʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴇᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴs, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴϙᴜᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ«†††Emerald Finer was a foster kid who grew up in an orphanage from the time she was an infant. As she grew up, she hated that place so much and wanted to leave and be free. At the age of fifteen she had finally accomplished escaping her hell hole but was unfortunately raped the same night.Years went by as she now lived in the streets. The hard way of life has surely knocked her hard, and that only made her grow bolder than ever. She was taken in as a member of a one of the biggest and most dangerous gangs in her town, feared by all and mostly wanted by the cops. Though extremely unacceptable, it is a new beginning and a step ahead in her life. She's now fearless, strong and brutal.She lives by a motto that keeps her motivated: Never bend your head. Always hold it high, look the world straight in the face.What happens when a certain someone by the name of Zack Clemons gets into her life, will things ever remain as they are or change tremendously?…

Alike

Alike

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*|Souls that resemble to be alike attract inevitably|*"I never realized how strong our connection was, heck you're even more myself than I am." He whispered into my ear. I closed my eyes at the feeling, I knew he could feel it too."This connection." He started, cupping my cheek in his hand. "Is being pulled to the place it belongs, and that is right here." He says before crashing his lips into mine.* * *The world can be cruel, breaking the hearts of many. We try to build barriers to protect ourselves, but what happens when they come crumbling down? Could two broken souls heal the hole left behind?When shy and sweet Dominika Nicolette moves to her grandmother's house for a fresh start, she meets Dominic Rhodes. He's smart, arrogant, and to her distraction, incredibly hot.With tragedies lying in both of their pasts, will these polar opposites come together and mend what was broken?…