A Hidden Picture
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Annalise sees the world as though she is looking at it from afar. As if it's just a meaningless painting in a museum that she is observing. Admiring the beautiful strokes and the imperfections that somehow manage to make it even more intriguing.
The last thing she would ever expect is someone reaching out from the painting and pulling her inside.
The colors feeling as though she can practically taste them on her tongue. Suddenly being indulged by something she once saw as so two dimensional.
Something that she once thought had no soul, no form of beauty beneath the surface. Only being able to see a pretty frame and gorgeous yet seemingly meaningless brush strokes.
A life hidden in plain sight.
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