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Regan Wells gets busted trespassing and drinking at a party because she couldn't run away as fast as her boyfriend. To help pay the legal fees for her bad choices, she is forced to get a job at the local grocery store.
It's there that Regan is reconnected with her childhood best friend and self proclaimed computer geek, Austin Peters.
The two have a lot to catch up on, like Austin's sick grandma who is borderline crazy and the fact that Regan's father is definitely a narcissistic alcoholic who they would all be better off without.
As Regan falls deeper into Austin's world and pulls further away from her boyfriend and friends, she starts to see cracks in the very foundation she's stood upon for years. And what happens when the storm clouds come rolling in on everything she's ever known? Can Regan find her way out of the rain and back into the sunlight?
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