It's Not Always What It Seems
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Last published Thu, Mar 19, 2015
Heads up, I have never written a blurb before.
So here goes nothing.
Artimis is from a broken family, her dad's abusive and her mum does nothing about it. When she comes home for dinner but finds her mom dying on the floor and her father is probably already a few miles away from his crime scene already.
It's bad enough that her mum was killed by her own husband but now Artimis has to live in a foster home, with kids that probably each have a tragic past. Now just like her.
Artimis tries to keep a normal life, but then she gets a letter from her dad. Her mother is still alive...for now
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