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CHAPTER FORTY- KARMA? NOT KARMA
JOANABE (JOENABELL) POV
"Joenabell, I know you are Joanabe. You told me, and I believe in you," Karene whines at me with a heavy sigh in her breath.
"Yes, I know, I want to tell you about my name," I argue back at her whining face.
Karene's face looks confused about what I mean, and I just roll my eyes to her face. "Karene, my name comes from the Hebrew word 'Joana' means to be gracious. Then, my mother added the word 'be' means to exist. Why am I not like my name?" I said in a heartfelt way to her.
"Joanabe, there are things that people can point out about yourself that you can't point out. For me, you are acting as your name, but you are petrified about yourself. Why?" She catches my teary eyes, and I bite my lower lip.
I look up to the ceiling and wonder why?
"Joanabe, your past is in the past. It has nothing to do with your present. You are now a wh
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