Desperation Cost Me Innocence
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MatureComplete Sun, Sep 21, 20148h 23m
With 19 year old Nicole Fredrikson's dark past, the only way she's ever known to keep herself safe is building walls around her heart. When her parents force her into art school, she meets the ever eloquent James Spencer. With barriers, lies, and misconceptions clouding both of their pasts, the two gravitate towards each other, for misery loves company. But with love, misery perishes. When faced with a war of rocky family issues, separation, and lies, will love prevail, or will the desperation they both feel cost them their undeniable innocence, resulting in the raising of a white flag?
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