In Plain Sight
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Last published Sun, Mar 15, 2020
"The conscience is a beautiful weapon."
'Cassidy is a young woman trapped in a world of her own fabrication.
When she starts having hallucinogenic episodes, she must follow the clues hidden in plain sight to escape the hell she has created.'
A young woman named Cassidy Barush is trapped in a world of her own making. Though she is not aware that the world she believes is her own is fabricated.
She starts to have hallucinogenic episodes, which turn her world upside down. These episodes reveal an entirely different reality where her existence, in a new crowd of people who she "knows and trusts" according to her 'best friend' is almost the opposite to the world she grew to know and love.
Cassidy must follow the clues hidden in plain sight to help her tie up some loose ends and escape the hell that she has created.
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Copyright Β© Crystal Vibe (2019)
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Rewrite Started: June 25 2019
Completed: October 31 2019
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