The Science of Growing Apart
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A Love Child Sequel
Josie and Casey met when they were fourteen and immediately became best friends. Nobody could make Josie laugh like Casey could. Nobody understood her the way he did. They were both sure that their friendship was special and they would be partners in crime forever.
At twenty-four years old, Josie has realized that dream was clearly a deluded fantasy. Josie and Casey haven't spoken in six years and everything is different. And then Josie's journalism career throws Casey right back into her life and neither one of them know how to navigate their awkward and complicated relationship. Will the tension break these two apart forever, or will Josie get everything she's always wanted?
** This is the sequel to Love Child, but it works as a stand alone story and you don't need to read Love Child in order to read this, but you might miss some of the smaller details
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