LET IT BURN

#vote# on Dreame. This chapter was hard to write—because it demanded silence to speak loud. It asked me to sit with Uche’s restraint, her clarity, her refusal to let pain turn her reckless. Sometimes the most powerful response isn’t rage. It’s knowing. Watching. Letting the truth rot in the mouths of those who once claimed to protect you. If you’ve ever been rewritten in someone else’s story, if you’ve ever had to rebuild your own name from the pieces they scattered—this chapter is for you. Not everything broken needs revenge. Some things just need remembering. Thank you for reading, for breathing with Uche, for staying with her through the quiet. There’s more truth ahead.