Lighten Up
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Last published Mon, Aug 1, 2022
Wellis Alsbrooks can't stay in his apartment anymore. When his ex-wife makes him choose a hard decision, he and his daughter try to get as far way from her as possible. They struggle to start over in the weird town of Faibrook. There is something weird about it that doesn't make sense to them. Can they fit in?
Sty is the leader of his pack that takes residence in the magical place that is Faibrook. He struggles to keep his head up somedays as he tries to raise his own son with grief littered around his house. Sty is intrigued by the arrival of these new people and wants to know more about them. But his son starts to pick fights with Wellis's daughter. Can he manage to connect with him on a level of their own?
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