On the run
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"Paisley" is a 21 year old girl running from her old life , she finds a small town where no one would think to look.
She is trying to blend in and keep her head down .
What she didn't except was to get a job at a bar , with Rowdy bikers who have. Way of keeping her life interesting, will she be able to keep her past in the past.
Harrison has done and seen a lot of things in his 34 years of living , but when the short quiet girl walked in to his bar and ran away he was surprised
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