The World Keeps Spinning
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Last published Sat, May 23, 2020
Chase Mathewson is the star baseball player, a high schooler beloved by his classmates, the girls, his family and friends. He's got a great sense of humor, kind and genuine, all around the perfect guy...
Ellie Peterson is an aspiring artist, daughter to the great Anna Peterson, a world renowned painter. She's intelligent and confident, she has a heart of gold, nothing can get her down...
Behind closed doors though? Everything is different.
Chase fights when he steps through the door at night, since the death of his father his life has been a storm he can't find his way out of.
Ellie is riddled with an anxiety that keeps her spiraling at almost every turn.
The worst part? This two are best friends, neither of which knows the secrets the other keeps.
Darkness can be found in everyone's past, can these two overcome what they've been through to face the present? Or will it all be too much and consume the facade they've built up all this time...
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