lullaby for an insomniac
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17 year old Adelaine has been in foster care for two years. After her mom leaving her when she was only five, and loosing her dad to a drunk driver she looses the satisfaction of sleep. But what happens when she turns 18? When she can finally leave the foster families and start a life of her own. She runs into a familiar face, changing her world she thought she knew.
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