Your reflection in me (Open Novella Contest 2020)
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After her mom's death, a seventeen-year-old Emma Jones moves into an old family house in the countryside with her dad. While trying to find the meaning in what happened in the past and adjust to her new life, Emma soon finds out that after dad leaves for work, she is not the only one present at her new home. The old house which belonged to her mom's family for generations, hides much more than just warm memories. And it's all hidden in the mirrors.
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This story is written as a part of the Open Novella Contest III challenge and you can find more about it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/208531284-open-novella-contest-iii
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The story was inspired by the romance prompt 64: ''the last thing you expected when your family moved into an old mansion, was finding it haunted by the ghost of an unjustly executed soldier. Let alone finding yourself drawn to him.''
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Cover was created by a wonderful @PerpetuallyAwkward
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Also, just a reminder that this is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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"Go home Bloom and don't return to this place." "You don't own this place and you don't have the right to tell me where to go and where not to!" She shouted. She was annoyed at how mean he was toward her. "Get this straight Bloom, someone like you doesn't belong here, don't try coming here if you love your life. If the people here find out who you really are, you will be dead in a blink of an eye." "Why?" She asked. "Just stay away, don't ever come back. You have everything you need already." "You know nothing about me, you think I have everything?!" She yelled. "I don't care, go." He said emotionlessly and turned to leave. *** Bloom was the hidden daughter of the President who was kept in the White House and hidden from the outside world. Homeschooled and given everything she wanted, she never bothered about what life outside the walls of the White House would feel like. To her, her life was perfect and it was the safest place she could be. After her best friend persuaded her to sneak out of the White House for a glimpse of real life, the consequences were greater than she expected. She met someone mysterious, someone, who knew her more than herself. Someone who knew things about her she couldn't remember. She didn't know him but he knew her like the back of her palm. What happened to his sunflower? No one knew or maybe someone did.
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