Beyond The Beautiful
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What is "beauty" to you? And how far would you be willing to go to achieve it? In this short story, you'll follow the life of a girl who would do anything to be beautiful. But what she doesn't realize is that not everyone sees beauty the same. Will she ever realize that, or is she too far gone? For anyone.
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