The Insignificant Strangers
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Last published Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Meet Raina Storme, a shy, smart, artistic individual, who was dying for something new in her life. When she finally graduated high school and was set on leaving to college, she was excited to finally be free of her parent’s constant supervision and the quiet dullness of her town. Finally, she can have that adventure she always wanted.
Unfortunately that fateful summer after high school, her hopes for a new beginning was suddenly put on hold. Due to a devastating event, Raina never left. While all her friends were leaving to college and getting away from Melancholy View, she is left clinging to the town, for the sake of her sanity. Now abandoned, anguished and broken, Raina feels at fault for everything that has happened. She is slowly losing herself, living for only one purpose, but forgetting to live for herself.
Then she meets him. The blue hooded stranger, that pushes her to do things that she has always shied away from. With him at her side, will she finally be able to face the one thing she fears the most and learn to forgive herself? Will he be the one to fix her broken state and help her, or will he fail miserably and only leave her more broken than she already was? Read more to find out about Raina and this ‘insignificant stranger’, and uncover a story about love, friendship, and forgiveness.
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