Why The Birds Don't Come Around

Reads 36
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Reads 36
Votes 7
Parts 7
Time 58m

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acting anxiety destiny family familyproblems friendship life love realisticfiction reunited sad siblings smalltown suicide trauma

A successful young actress living out her dreams in LA returns to her rural hometown in Ohio to reunite with her crumbling family and her little sister, who has been missing for seven years.All Rights Reserved

acting anxiety destiny family familyproblems friendship life love realisticfiction reunited sad siblings smalltown suicide trauma

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"𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 at 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓." "𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆." 🕊 Last Book in the Golden Games Series, I highly recommend reading the others before this to understand a lot more. Friendships break. People fall out of love. People you know very well turn into strangers. It's a circle of life. Life moves on. That's not the case for Valentina Bella Moreno and Matteo Reyes. To lose your best friend of all your life is to have a heartbreak. To have to see them over and over again without talking is to have heartbreak. To meet the eyes of a person you once knew is to have heartbreak. Valentina and Matteo are two people who had once been everything for each other and now simply aren't. Throughout their lives, they have done everything together and continued to do so much more. Now, they break those promises- the promises that ensured that they stayed together forever. But life has a way of working itself out, and it's

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"𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 at 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓." "𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆." 🕊 Last Book in the Golden Games Series, I highly recommend reading the others before this to understand a lot more. Friendships break. People fall out of love. People you know very well turn into strangers. It's a circle of life. Life moves on. That's not the case for Valentina Bella Moreno and Matteo Reyes. To lose your best friend of all your life is to have a heartbreak. To have to see them over and over again without talking is to have heartbreak. To meet the eyes of a person you once knew is to have heartbreak. Valentina and Matteo are two people who had once been everything for each other and now simply aren't. Throughout their lives, they have done everything together and continued to do so much more. Now, they break those promises- the promises that ensured that they stayed together forever. But life has a way of working itself out, and it's

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