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When You Least Expect It

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Time 4h 16m

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Ezra was never confident. Never felt comfortable in his own skin. Never appreciated what the universe had to offer. Until his life actually became a mess.

When his mother died, he had to abandon the only home he ever knew in search for peace.

With a guarded, troubled father and a painful background, Ezra is struggling to fit in. Dayton might be a small town, but in Belmont High, trouble can hide behind every corner.

He will meet new people, bearing their own sad stories and one particular distant, mysterious boy, who will challenge him to trust, to believe, to let go.

Will Ezra explore all the new aspects of himself he'd only gotten a glimpse of?

Or will his haunted past hold him back?

Will he embrace this new Ezra that's slowly creeping into existence?

The only thing he knows is that even if life chooses to show you its dark side:

The best things come, when you least expect it.All Rights Reserved

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