Late Night Coffee
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Last published Thu, Mar 27, 2014
Leila Beauchamps is stuck working at Le Petit Matin, the neighborhood's "hip" coffee shop that her parents own, for the rest of the summer. Somewhere between making espressos and lattes and waiting tables, she meets Chris Anderson. Somehow, even with all their differences, their lives become intertwined by the art they share. Is art powerful enough to bring them together and to make them forget the scars of their past?
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