Match Made In Manhattan
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Ever met the perfect match, the one who makes you feel alive, takes your breath away, shows you something you've never seen before? But the obstacles keeping you from each other are beyond your control? Well Rita is an ordinary 18 year old girl from a small town in England, she has high hopes and dreams, she isn't the type to fall in love, although she is always the centre of attention, people don't really know her that well. Her life seems all perfect and it's like she knows what she's doing. However just like any girl she has no clue, sometimes she's fantasizing about her extremely attractive male bestfriend, other times she's disgusted by his whorish tendencies. But one day, the trip of her dreams is finally given to her, she explores New York and it's everything she thought it would be. But little does she know of what exactly the city has in store for her.
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