Life's No Fairytale
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  • Reads 36,720
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  • Parts 15
  • Time 1h 40m
Ongoing, First published Aug 16, 2017
After serving four years in prison for an incident in Miami, a 32 year old Nathaniel Casey is released back into the world without a place to rest his head. He is forced to stay with his daughter's mother, Monica. Although their past history was sweet, that wasn't the case when she had become pregnant. They constantly fought over material thing and Monica's spending habits, creating a mild hate for one another. They chose to separate after her birth and co-parent. Now, that his little girl is four years old, Nate urges himself to find a job and better placement for his daughter without the stress of dealing with Monica.

That is until, Nathaniel meets Katrina Lee, a elementary school teacher and private tutor. Her gentle nature and soft voice capture's Nathaniel's attention during an interaction with one of her students. Immediately, he notices that she maybe the one for him but isn't too confident that she'll take him and his baggage. 

The two are total opposites yet have more in common than they truly believe.

Will Nathaniel be willing to bare it all for Katrina?

Read to find out.
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