CHAPTER 18 TAMIKA's POV

“All right... get yourself together, Tamika...” I said, psyching myself up for a few more moments, as I was about to turn on my phone.

I was bracing myself for whatever it was that I would see there. But then, I was sure that it was bound to be nasty. There was probably a horde of messages from all sorts of people for me.

Most of all, I was anxious to hear from my best friend and manager. Julia was probably worried sick about me, being unable to reach me after all those days, even after I had been trending all over the media.

Just like I had predicted, I saw several missed calls and voicemails lined up waiting for me, of which Julia's was the most. I felt bad that I had made her that worried. She didn't deserve to go through all I had made her go through. It had all been because of my moment of carelessness.

I carefully went through each voicemail from her, as I was bracing myself to read all the content that was flying around about me. That was going to be the last thing I would g