Good Enough
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Last published Sat, Dec 19, 2020
Good enough...
Is something Julian Ortega will never be. A disappointment, worthless, and useless to those around him, Julian has finally reached his breaking point. He has been falling towards the end for a while.
But he might have just found someone to bring him back.
Mia Blake has some of her own demons to battle. She's been faltering between the lines of "okay" and "not okay" for over a year now. But she's the only one who knows how she kills herself on the inside a little more each day by not eating.
Told in alternating points of view, Julian and Mia come together to face their thoughts and emotions - and maybe even love.
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