Things We Found In The Fire - Prologue
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Last published Sun, Jan 12, 2014
"... It always saddened me to know that I can’t fight my demons, that I can’t stand for myself, that I’m too fragile and breakable..."
Allie is a teenage girl who has nothing but self-pity and self-destructive thoughts. All she sees is darkness. So what happens when Allie's house burns down? She and her family - after a miraculous escape - go back the next day after the fire is extinguished to find things that the fire might have mercied. Unluckily, nothing survived... but would the things they find be more spiritual than material. Would the damaged remnants of Allie's past life be the wake-up call she was looking for through the past couple of years to no avail? Read and find out!
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