Not a Rose Garden
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Last published Wed, Aug 24, 2022
After a heated first encounter, two North Carolina college students find themselves in a budding romance. She's consumed with achieving her five year plan. While he manages a local fast food chain. Money is good, but how willing is he to make it better? With their opposing views and opinionated friends, friction is caused between the two.
"You gotta get cut by the thorns, to hold the rose"
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