Twenty Minutes to Midnight
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Complete Mon, Dec 16, 20136m
"Twenty Minutes to Midnight" is one of the stories from my Christmas collection of stories, "A Christmas Gift", about love, family and friendship.
It's about a young woman who isn't having the best New Year's Eve, as she remembers all her old boyfriends. Will a New Year bring new love?
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