face your fears
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Elijah Scott, a nurse, comes home one day to find her house trashed. As old faces appear, will she run from her past or embrace it?
Grayson James sees something he shouldn't have, doesn't show up for his own wedding and it turns out, he's missing. What will happen when he resurfaces... and meets his daughter?
Some quotes:
"To the big guy upstairs... Protect us and bless this food while we stuff it into our mouths. Amen."
"What the hairy fudge is going on?!"
"Pfft, like you could beat me, Old Man."
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