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Not That Bad

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Reads 179,498
Votes 9,640
Parts 31
Time 3h 37m

When Kaya Perry graduates college, the last place she wants to go back is Layton, the town that she left behind. She left that place with bad memories and no friends, so there is no way she's looking to go back. So it's really a bummer when the job that she wants is right there in that little town. It's also a bummer when her high school crush is still there as well.

Maybe it's possible to find happiness in a place where she never found any.

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