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Learning to Swim
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Complete, First published Jul 15, 2012
Have you ever felt like you would drown in all of the responsibilities life throws at you? If you know how to swim it isn‘t a problem, but unfortunately for Dakota Gray, she never learned to swim and is sinking fast. Her mother is an alcoholic and her father is gone, leaving Dakota with the responsibility of taking care of her four year old sister. Dakota works two jobs and still has to struggle by in school. Mix that with raising a kid and she will surely drown. There are always life preservers, though, and Liam Chase might just be hers. Hopefully, she can learn to stay afloat before it is too late.
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