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[Highest ranking- #17 in poetry out of 308K stories]
Jenna, a 25 year-old multiracial girl living in the fictitious town of Pennsdale, New York, is about to do something she never thought she would do without considering the repercussions of the same.
Getting diagnosed with OCD at the age of 20, she hasn't really been having the best time of her life since what feels like forever.
Will Nilansh, her best friend's brother, help her abate her suffering?
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