Corrupt
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Last published Sun, Jul 27, 2014
Harriet Ainsley is losing the will to live. Forced to rely on her mother's paycheck, failing all six of her classes, and losing her job due to redunancy is not all. The one stop coffee shop she used to work in is just a locked up shop with a 'for sale' sign slanted on a battered white post outside. Having no money to her name to save the quaint shop, let alone to buy a single coffee bean, how will Harriet succeed in bringing the small shop back to life? Is it really worth all the effort to save just one small shop?
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