The Girl with Hypomania

The Girl with Hypomania

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Daisy Brooks looks like a normal girl on the outside. You would never expect her to be any different from the average person. And that's the way she wants to keep it. She doesn't want anyone to know about her disorder. She feels like a freak enough as it is from her mother at home and her dad being absent more and more each time he goes on business trips. Nolan Parker is a pissed off guy and frankly misunderstood. He has been labeled for his anger issues and the rumors that are spread about him concerning his past and alcoholic father. Nolan doesn't care about anyone but his sister and mother. He doesn't want to get close to anyone and doesn't plan on it. These two are totally different, at least they think they are. They don't talk to each other and aren't even in the same circles. What happens when they are forced together and learn that they might not be so different after all? Will they be able to stick together despite their lives crashing around them or will they beat the odds?
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