Heartbeat
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Last published Tue, Jan 3, 2023
Scarlett is used to being invisible, until a handful of bad decisions put her in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Desperate to blend in again, Scarlett seeks solace in the only friend she has left, and slowly opens herself up to someone new. Finally, things are starting to fall back into place.
Except now, there is one more heartbeat more important than her own.
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