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charloftNo one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. --Charles Dickens
I'm not gonna lie. The past couple of years have been pretty shitty. Wait, can I say shitty? Whatever. I broke up with/ran away from my abusive douchebag of a fiance and moved out to L.A. from Texas to live with my brother, Evan. I did some really stupid crap that sort of alienated me from everyone but Evan and one of his kinda sorta friends. Jude and I hooked up, I got pregnant, went to New York and ended up having the baby and leaving her with my cousin to raise as her own.
My baby's name is Grace Danielle and I miss her every single day. I know that the best thing for her is to be with my cousin. Okay, that's what I used to think until I told her dad, Jude, about her and he said he thought it would be best if we raised her together. Along with his husband. I swear it's not as weird as it sounds. Tristan (the husband) is my brother's best friend, so he'll be helping to raise Evan's niece. Okay, it does sound weird, but it makes me feel good.
More than good.
I mean, I'm not really the most reliable or put together person, I screw things up a lot, I'm not worth all that much to anyone but my brother, and my best intentions always seem to go a little wonky. But when I told Jude that I thought it would be an awesome idea to get Grace back and raise her with both him and Tristan, he looked at me as if I'd given him the world.That's really saying something considering the guy's a bona fide angel. He said that it's really easy for him to let the darkness in the world make him forget that there's more to existence than human frailty and discord, and that I gave him the gift of light and hope in the form of a baby girl. It actually sounded a lot prettier and inspirational coming from him, though.
Anyway, yeah, shitty couple of years. Until now. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that things have turned around for me and I just might get to have that chance at a happy ending I thought I'd messed up forever. Pretty cool, huh?
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Esmeralda "Essie" Whitlock
Original Character
I'm not gonna lie. The past couple of years have been pretty shitty. Wait, can I say shitty? Whatever. I broke up with/ran away from my abusive douchebag of a fiance and moved out to L.A. from Texas to live with my brother, Evan. I did some really stupid crap that sort of alienated me from everyone but Evan and one of his kinda sorta friends. Jude and I hooked up, I got pregnant, went to New York and ended up having the baby and leaving her with my cousin to raise as her own.
My baby's name is Grace Danielle and I miss her every single day. I know that the best thing for her is to be with my cousin. Okay, that's what I used to think until I told her dad, Jude, about her and he said he thought it would be best if we raised her together. Along with his husband. I swear it's not as weird as it sounds. Tristan (the husband) is my brother's best friend, so he'll be helping to raise Evan's niece. Okay, it does sound weird, but it makes me feel good.
More than good.
I mean, I'm not really the most reliable or put together person, I screw things up a lot, I'm not worth all that much to anyone but my brother, and my best intentions always seem to go a little wonky. But when I told Jude that I thought it would be an awesome idea to get Grace back and raise her with both him and Tristan, he looked at me as if I'd given him the world.
Anyway, yeah, shitty couple of years. Until now. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that things have turned around for me and I just might get to have that chance at a happy ending I thought I'd messed up forever. Pretty cool, huh?
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Esmeralda "Essie" Whitlock
Original Character