And to Think I Almost Missed You (complete, editing)
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MatureOngoing1h 30m
Last published Sun, Oct 24, 2021
After two difficult years attempting to make it on her own in New York City, Andrea Hawthorne admits defeat and moves back in with her parents upstate. As she searches for a new path in her old town, she reconnects with a friend. She had always known Evan Stanford as half of Kate&Evan, inseparable high school sweethearts, but now he's living alone in the house he built himself. Andrea is drawn to Evan's stability, awed by the life he has created. She wants to be a part of it. He wants to move on from the only relationship he has ever known.
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