Dangerous Contradiction
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Last published Thu, Jul 13, 2017
Have you ever wondered where your life is heading?
Do you overthink your choices or are you spontaneous?
Do you run towards the unexpected or from it?
Allison Callahan doesn't know where her life is heading, overthinks her choices and runs from the unexpected. Nevertheless, she tries her hardest to change these answers. Allison's childhood was more exciting than anyone could think. Of course, no one knows this because it would draw to much attention. And she hates attention.
High school is ending, it's time to go to college and start a life but, where her childhood fits in all of this? When is she going to stop lying about her parents? Does she have to change to be the best version of herself or is she capable of surviving just as she is?
She might learn that everything she ought to be...she already was.
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