Whatever Occurs: Life, Love, and Loss
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(Highest ranking #359: MotherAndSon) Kayla Venston is in for a long and dreadful ride. She didn't expect to have another grandchild, and lose her son and her mother in the course of a few months. As she anticipates the birth of another grandchild, everything is good until things take a turn for the worst when Spencer Venston gets in a serious car accident after a back to back softball and baseball game that cost him his life. To make things worse, Cynthia "Cece" Mara reaches the peak of her last days. In a matter of weeks, she dies after battling lupus for more than fifty years. Feelings of uncertainty, regret, guilt, love, and loss begin to ensue. What does this mean for Kayla?
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