Finding Arizona
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  • Reads 1,561
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  • Parts 30
  • Time 11h 2m
Ongoing, First published Jan 26, 2014
Mature
Olivia Ivory West struggles to belong. Before her granddad died, he always told her one thing when she was little: 'Don't let anybody lead you astray from your dreams.' She's always wanted to become a carefree Artist and to expand her art gallery and become huge, but is instead constantly battling with what her Mother and Father wants of her, to go to a 4-year university and then go to med school for another plentiful amount of years. Or, if she doesn't want to do that, go to law school. Being a hopeless insecure twenty-one year old and stressing from what her wealthy family wants for her isn't what she imagined 'life' to be. But a horrific accident occurs, and it changes Olivia forever. Twenty-four year old Dante Mesero has a past even a low-life criminal wouldn't want to mess with, or so his records say. Coming from a messed up family (on his mother's side) and having nothing to his name but his dead dad's inheritance, small RV, and a meaningless life, he takes it as an advantage. Why else would he be on the road all the time, doing whatever and whenever? No curfew, no rules, nothing. Not a girl to commit to, not a child or close friend to love. You only live once, right? When Olivia and Dante's worlds collide, what will happen?
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