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Lariat

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Reads 47,436
Votes 1,783
Parts 77
Time 16h 47m

AlexandraGrayWrites

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College is the fresh start Mackenna Baker is hoping for, but her past follows her from the small town she left behind like a ghost. She does her best to ignore them and no matter how hard she tries, she can never seem to actually let them go. Shoving down her feelings, her grief for a relationship and an important person in her life eventually comes crashing down when the person she never thought she'd see again reappears as if out of thin air.

The fallout everyone saw coming but never expected the way it happened caused Wesley James to run all the way back home where he hid out all summer long. He's tried to mend his broken heart, unsuccessfully he'll regretfully admit, Knowing there's nothing he can do without seeing her one last time, he bucks up and leaves home to find her to tell her what happened, something he never gave her.


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Completed on May 9th, 2023!All Rights Reserved

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His Fairy by WYLD_ROSE

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His Fairy

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