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CHAPTER SIX: TOO COMFORTABLE FOR MY OWN GOOD
CHAPTER SIX: TOO COMFORTABLE FOR MY OWN GOOD The problem wasn’t that I didn’t get the job. The problem was how easy it was to act like it never happened. Same shift. Same hall. Same mess waiting on me like I never left. And the wild part? I wasn’t stressed. I wasn’t mad. I was……
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CHAPTER FIVE: THE INTERVIEW (…A DARN EXPERIENCE)
CHAPTER FIVE: THE INTERVIEW (…A DARN EXPERIENCE) Everybody say they want “more money” — but ain’t nobody honest about what it cost to go get it. This was supposed to be a quick interview. Five minutes. Smile, nod, “yes ma’am,” boom — hired. Instead? I walked into a room full of polite faces, loaded questions,…
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CHAPTER FOUR: THE COME UP (…MAYBE)
Baby… Friday walked in acting nice, and I should’ve known better. The minute my mama opened her mouth, I knew the day was finna test my patience and my credit score. Petals felt too peaceful, somebody was lying, and I had one of them moments where you realize life might be shifting… or warming up…
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CHAPTER THREE: THE BREAKING POINT (ALMOST)
CHAPTER THREE: THE BREAKING POINT (ALMOST) — EXCERPT Baby… something was wrong. I don’t know what. I just know it was. Everybody energy was weird. Everything felt delayed. Like life was buffering before doing something reckless. I kept thinking, “Yeah… today ain’t normal.” And I was right. 👉🏽 This wasn’t a bad day yet. 👉🏽…
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CHAPTER TWO: THE INCIDENT
I should’ve stayed in the bed. I knew some wasn’t right. By the time I got to work, my nerves were already tired… and I hadn’t even clocked in yet. One scream echoed down the hallway, and my stomach dropped because I already knew exactly who it was. Petals don’t scream for no reason. Five…
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CHAPTER ONE: “WELCOME TO ANOTHER DAY OF BULLSHIT”
Woke up irritated? Tired? Broke? Spirit on 1%? Yeah… Karen too. Chapter One throws you straight into the chaos — Karen getting robbed by her mama at 5AM, catching a bus that smell like hot dog water, and walking into Petals of Cracklewood where the residents AND the staff act like they possessed. And just…
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The Great Escape
Karen peeped Mr. Lee trying to sneak toward the exit at Petals of Cracklewood Nursing & Rehab, looking like a whole mess in his house slippers, polka-dot drawers, and this random red button-up blouse. “Aye! Where you think you finna go?” Karen hollered. Mr. Lee stopped dead in his tracks, then turned around slow with…