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Anita paid at the counter and ran home holding the book in her hand.

She had been excited seeing her book on the shelves in the store.

Filled with excitement and not knowing how to contain it she barged into the house with the book in her hands, she showed her parents the book telling them that the store had it on display.

Her emotions had gotten the better part of her; she didn’t know how she had forgotten to call Rio to show appreciation for what he had done for l.

Her new found happiness was short lived by her parents,they had found nothing special about her seeing her book on the shelf.

Her father, who had gotten angry that she still showed interest in her worthless dreams as he called it, yelled at her and cussed her out for thinking she could attain the height of a bestselling author with a two-dollar book.

Anita,not minding what he had said, still had traces of a smile on her face. She couldn’t get angry at the words her parents hurled at her. She had developed a self defense