After Eight
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Last published Mon, Mar 2, 2015
When Lana, a sixteen year old girl, moves to Atlanta with her new foster parents, she soon discovers that the human brain cannot forget trauma. At eight o'clock every night one of her foster parents sons' has to sit at her bedside until she falls asleep. The only thing is... she never knows which one it is until she asks. Both sons are identical twins that are the same but totally different at the same time.
Still, both of them sit with her after eight o'clock every night until she falls asleep, but she can't fall asleep, so she gets to know them instead.
Between the sweet silence and the late night talks, she starts to wonder;
Is after eight so bad anymore?
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