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Zola Drieu was born into an atypical family for 1983. She had both parents, three siblings; two sisters and a brother, in which she was the third born, a cane corso, and before that a beagle. They lived middle class in the suburbs of Tuscan, Arizona in a two story red brick house, with two family cars sat in the driveway. She was an honor roll student.

What made her family unusual you ask? Her mother was just a point off in IQ scoring to be classified a genius and her father was on the autism spectrum. Her mother worked beyond a 9 to 5 as a computer programmer and was aiding in the development of the Internet. Her father was a stay home and did art therapy. Zola's older brother and eldest sister were also her half cousins---that was her theory anyway. This story isn't about them though, none of them actually. Zola stopped communicating with her family some time in college.

This is a story about trimming bread crust from sandwiches and second chances. Things are ugly before getting better as Zola is met with her aborted son, granted one year on Earth for his would-be 18th birthday. In 365 days he wrecks her life, and everything typical she created, for the better.

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