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37- Sacred ties
You've been so brave, sweetheart.
~Lily Potter, The deathly hallows.••
Three years later
Venice, Italy.She adjusted the lapels of her veil, gazing at herself through the full length mirror in her dressing room.
The woman who stared back at her wasn't at all the woman she had been three years ago. She had come so far from being the abandoned daughter, the disgraced drug addict and the girl who had vyed for her father's attention.
Now, she was a renowned chef in Nigeria, a degree holder in psychology, a wife and an expecting mother–in three m
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If I Take a Chance 5- Frazzled
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