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“Just channel Moone whispered beside me

“Tell them they are beautiful the way they are and that type of stuff,” Mayko added, not helping me at all

“I’ a deep breath,I had done before—let alone anything I had done last minute

“Right there” Sara pointed between the slits of the curtains at a table at the front of the stage “Those are the girls”

Nodding, I took a breath, shaking outaway from the curtains

Breathe

Breathe

If Esther can do this, you can

Breathe

“Tonight, the WEWA gives this award to Esther London, who sadly could not be here tonight However, here to accept her award on her behalf is her daughter and actress Ae”

Fuck me, man

Putting a snore the butterflies in my sto the packed rooracefully as I possibly could toward the glass podiu the speaker’s hand, I turned to face the audience and the cameras I paused to allow the applause to die down

“Thank you,” I said when it got quiet Bullshit it, Amelia “Today, I stand, as I have always stood, in the shadow of great woreater mother”

Again, they applauded

Nodding, I continued, “Many people have asked over the years what it is like to have Esther London as athis award—in all aspects of her life, she passed the torch to th I have to stand up in the world today is because of her and her constant reh it is not fair or right We et the things we truly e deserve, in fact I would like to thank every…”