What A Smile Can Hide
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Grace Walker, a straight A student and a goody too shoes. Or though that's what everyone thought, can good grades and a smile blind everyone from seeing the truth? With abusive adoptive parents, bullies and a little brother to look after, how will Grace cope.
Mason Reed, one of Grace's worst bullies. He sees something else in Grace. Something that she hides from everyone else with just a smile. Pain, something so simple to hide in a smile but something so hard to hide in your eyes.
Warning: Violence, bullying and abuse.
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