Skyward
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She has everything: her beautiful son, the job of her dreams, all of the money and clothing she could ever want, and a bright expectation for the future. But some people seem to think they have the right to take that away from her.
When successful business woman, Joanna Riley is caught in the midst of America's most devastating terror attacks, no amount of money can buy back her future.
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