'GET BENT' {ON HOLD}
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"For Whatever Reason Our Paths Cross."
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After being imprisoned by her mother's murder, orphan seven-teen year old, Alex Vera, escapes from the outskirts of England and attempts to commit suicided due to her grief and suffering she's had to experience for many years. But surprisingly, the world decides that it isn't her time to leave just yet...
Driving by a bridge on a rainy afternoon, Sam Clark, happens to see something along the bridge edge and to his surprise it just so happens to be a person. Just in the nick of time, he happens to save a girl and possibly change his life at that very moment...
Once these two strangers meet, they have no idea what lies in store in their futures. And possibly could their past catch up to them to ruin the bond that they've created themselves? Or will their blooming love just be able to help them move forward from their demons and live once again?
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