Once a wise man told a young girl, 'Do not forget what you must remember.' The young girl was confused and she asked, 'Well, sir, I would not TRY to forget what I need to remember. It would not be my fault.' The wise man just looked down at her and said, 'Whatever you must remember, if it is truly something you must remember, you will remember in time. You will make it happen, because you do not want to forget.'
How do you cope with the fact that your whole life, you are not who you thought you were? You learn that you once were someone completely different. Once Grace Anderson went to a party with a familiar gold liquid, she realizes her whole life has not been what she thought it was.
Taken from an abusive, alcoholic mother and a protective brother whom she ran away with, she was given to the Anderson family, a young couple who could not have any children. But when Grace realizes that her perfect family is not who she was truly born of, she takes a big step into the past.
But in a past that no one wishes to find, will Grace realize who she truly is? Or will she find she doesn't even want to go back? Will she ever find her long lost brother?
'It's hard to learn that you are a runaway love, when you thought you were so brave,"
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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