After the events of the 2023 World Cup, lives changed. People changed. And for India Harrison, Bradie Van Dyk, and Hallie Mount, their worlds changed.
After the tournament, Indi headed back to Arsenal to start her new campaign for the upcoming season. After her outstanding World Cup, she was winning awards and being recognised as one of the best and fairest the game had ever seen. As for Jill Roord, she was still in Wolfsburg, but both were trying to make it work. Both aiming to show just how strong a long distance relationship can be, despite the possible hardships that came alongside it.
For Bradie, she was off to Barcelona to start her season with one of the power houses of Europe. She was scoring goals, and playing with some of the world's greatest. Bradie soon formed a tight friendship with Keira Walsh, as both players were grieving the incidents of the World Cup, and also formed a new connection with Spanish midfielder, Alexia Putellas.
As for the Lionesses and Chelsea, a new signing made her mark. Hallie Mount, the younger sister of Chelsea superstar, Mason Mount, signed a contract with Chelsea before the season, becoming the new starting left back for both club and country, the predecessor of a certain someone.
After We Were Friends follows all three of them, Indi, Bradie and Hallie, as they struggle through the upcoming year with their respective clubs and the repercussions of that fateful day in Australia. How do Bradie and Indi restart their new lives without the person they always presumed would be there? How does Hallie deal with the issues of being the 'replacement'? And what happens when each person is tested more than ever before?
After We Were Friends is the sequel to the Indi Harrison Trilogy, set after the incidents of Only Friends, It's Our Secret and Little Do They Know.
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