Story By Faith Adeoyin
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Faith Adeoyin

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The Road to Bones: Unlearning the Lie
Updated at Apr 22, 2026, 00:15
After a tragic accident steals her mother and fractures her home, Soren is left to grow up in the shadow of something she doesn’t fully understand… but is constantly blamed for. Once a quiet child, she becomes the invisible fault line in her family. Her father, unable to make sense of his loss, turns grief into blame. Her brother becomes everything she is not—favored, protected, untouched. And over time, the accusations stop sounding like lies. They become her truth. At school, the world moves on as if nothing has changed. But Soren no longer fits inside it. She learns to stay quiet, to take up less space, to exist without being seen. Until Kael Virex notices. A young billionaire heir with a life built on control and perfection, Kael is used to reading people… but Soren doesn’t follow any pattern he understands. She doesn’t defend herself. She doesn’t react the way she should. And she carries something he can’t ignore. What begins as quiet observation turns into something deeper—something neither of them knows how to name. But breaking free from a lifetime of blame isn’t simple. Because the hardest lie to unlearn… is the one that sounds like your own voice. On a path shaped by silence, pain, and survival, Soren must decide whether to keep carrying what was never hers… or finally let it fall, even if it means standing alone.
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