Fourteen Lines Too Many
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Last published Sun, Oct 31, 2021
When aspiring poet Ileana Godwin and society golden boy Charles Baxter meet one night at a masquerade ball, they strike up an unlikely correspondence and friendship despite not knowing each other's true identities. Now, three years after they met and two after they last wrote, a chance encounter at a party leaves neither party wanting to admit their past wrongdoings, or the fact that they know the other is there.
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