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To Let Go
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Complete, First published May 17, 2017
Emma Chota is anorexic. No doubt about it. She was discharged wrongly from Ocean Park hospital, on account of false weight gain. Once she had a bad episode, she was readmitted. But that doesn't mean her mind is any better.

After a Cardiac Arrest, and a medically induced coma, she must piece together what happened between her, Leo Roth, a salad, a stairwell, and one big chain of lies.

Ranked 11 out of 142 for Anorexia Recovery 6/1/2018

1 out of 25 stories for Red Band Society 
7/31/2018
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