Barely Breathing
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Last published Sun, Aug 12, 2012
Small town girl, Scarlet Morrison, had just been through the worst year of her life. From breaking up with her boyfriend of two years, her parent's divorcing, her brother in rehab for drug and alcohol abuse and her grandfather's passing she is just barely holding on. Music is the only thing that had kept her breathing for the past year. Ready to finally move on she starts dating Trent Flagg - the lead singer of a rising band, Lovesick Heartbeat. Scarlet only sees it as a fun thing to start off a new beginning but when it turns into much more will she be able to handle it? Be able to move on from the worst year of her life? Or will "barely breathing" change into "not breathing"?
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