Second Chances

Second Chances

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There comes a time when moving on is the key to feeling alive again. Where a second chance is all it takes to love, feel and to bloom. Derek Greene was widowed after his wife Cassie died in a tragic car accident, leaving him a single parent to his five year-old Alexis. After moving back to his hometown of Brunswick, Maine, Derek soon meets Jason Walker who turns Derek's world upside down. Jason opens up Derek to the world, and shows him how to love again. But is it enough for Derek?
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