A Perfect Tail
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Last published Mon, Apr 27, 2015
Growing up, Sheila Allen always loved the ocean. Because she was raised in an exquisite beach house in the toe of Florida, she never spent a second not near the water. But like everyone else, the characters of fantasy soon grow out of your life. Dragons, fairies, trolls and monsters are a thing of the past.
But little does Sheila know, she had forgotten about one bellowed character.
The boy she met 15 years ago remembers her as if she was his own name, and couldn't help but watch for her at the beach, because maybe someday he could say hello again.
Cause magic always brings something you love back to you.
And in this case, it would be a merman.
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