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I Want In

Author: Ms. Chiamaka
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Julian

After that call, I couldn’t sleep that night. I just lay there staring at the ceiling, my phone face down beside me, my mind running wild with everything that had happened, the call, the threats, my father’s text messages, Savannah. Especially Savannah.

By the time the sun broke through my window, I already knew what I had to do. It wasn’t even about choice anymore; it was about control. My whole life, people had been trying to make decisions for me. My father, the company, and even the
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