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As they say, everyone hides secrets, and some people, very deep ones.
An emotionally scarred and physically abused Dina McCarthy is considered dangerous, rebellious and short tempered by all the students of OakField High School. In other words, people call her the 'badgirl' of the school.
After all, why shouldn't they?
She smokes, she drinks, she gets into fights and does not talk to anyone.
Then one day, Drew Fisher joins the school. Cute, witty and smart, he too hides his own secret.
Will a secret for a secret heal their emotional scars or make them more painful?
Will their secrets pull them closer or drift them apart?
⚠️TW: Abuse⚠️
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Highest ranking: #1 in goodboy on 17/6/18
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