> I didn’t choose this life.
I didn’t choose the father who only remembered I existed when I turned eleven.
I didn’t choose to lose the only brother who truly knew me.
I didn’t choose the men who came with promises and conditions.
I didn’t choose to be the firstborn, the fixer, the forgotten.
At nineteen, she stands at a crossroads where every path seems to lead deeper into silence — a silence made of grief, betrayal, poverty, and love that always asks for something in return. Raised in a home filled with loud responsibilities and quiet love, she’s always been the one holding everyone else together — until the weight of it all starts to break her.
Now, torn between staying for a family that barely sees her and leaving for a world that only wants to use her, she has to ask herself: Is there a road meant for a girl like me?
The Unchosen Roads is a hauntingly honest journey through loneliness, sacrifice, and the desperate hope of finding a place — and a voice — of her own. For every girl who’s ever felt like her life was already written for her... this story is yours.