Life For Rent
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If my life is for rent, I'll never put up the sale sign..
Have you ever had to do something you hate thrice in the span of two years? Not once, not twice but three times? In a roll..?
Well, meet Cheryl Prescott. A sixteen year old high school graduate who has got her life in a whirlwind since graduating.Her life takes an unexpected turn when two of her finals went way wrong for an admission into University.
Being sent away to live with her Aunt to start anew, she's overwhelmed with the fact that almost everyone she graduated with seems to be doing something better with their lives whiles hers seems to be all about the realization that she'll probably be stuck in this phase of her life for a very long time.
All faith and hope lost, she finds herself with another set of friends who helps her build herself back up.
But then suddenly, another bout of tragedy hits her like a freight train and just like that, life becomes a blur..
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