Being Uptown
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Cleo has been a hard worker all of her life. She's accomplished goals that she's always had set for herself when it came to school, and her career. Cleo was a successful nurse in her hometown of Dallas, Texas. Cleo had been through enough heartbreaks for a lifetime and so she gave up on love and only wanted to focus solely on herself until Mr. Right came into the picture. Whom Cleo thought was Mr. Right, known as Apollo, came in the picture, fucked shit up and left. He became all that Cleo knew, and then disappeared without a single word. So what will she do now, without him?
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