Sweetened Facade
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"You can't put plasters on broken glass or a bullet wound." I argued. "If someone is that shattered, what is the point?"
"The point is that once you fall you get up and move on. Like skydiving. You have two options; either you fall and let yourself get hurt and die or you pull your parachute and save yourself. It's up to you to open the parachute because no one else can."
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Ria Tate. A social outcast that has been through so much pain. Her parents left behind all their fortune for her and her brother, but she has to wait until she turns 18. But all of a sudden, a very distant relative shows up and his intentions aren't made quite clear. Is her long lost family trying to steal her fortune?
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