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When the Devil Came Down to Texas

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Parts 13
Time 2h 10m

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It's been so, so long since she's known someone who was kind. Alexandra is running, finally.

After a relationship that has caused so much pain has finally reached it's peak, she has finally left. 

She finds herself in a small town in Texas. It smells like fresh peaches, new blossoms, warm pies and so much hope she could bury herself in it. 

This town, however, harbors a dark secret. Darker than, perhaps, what she is running so far from. And she may not survive it.All Rights Reserved

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