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Don't Stand By Me (COMPLETE)

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Reads 18,736
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Parts 44
Time 8h 22m

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| WATTYS 2022+2023 SHORTLIST! |

Becoming a grown-up is something you dream of since you're six years old, wondering if you're going to become a princess, or an astronaut, or president.
In reality? You're a twenty two year old college graduate trapped in an RV with six others carting the corpse of the country's most wanted crime lord on a cross country trip you'll never forget - no matter how much therapy you undergo.

Kiara, Violet and Elvis find themselves stuck in this reality, but maybe, despite all the madness, they may discover who they really are, and somehow find love along the way, with people as insane as themselves.

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#3 in Roadtrip 08/07/23
#4 in WattpadStories 08/08/23
#5 in Alcohol 08/08/23
#6 in Reading 08/08/23
#39 in MLM 08/08/23All Rights Reserved

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