The Downtrodden
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MatureComplete Wed, May 20, 202033m
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Famous writer, Alex Gordon, takes a leap back into her past as local reporter interviews her. She dives forty years back to retell her story of the time she spent in Smooth Meadows Institution, and with the infamous murder, Zachary Smith.
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