From Day One
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Last published Fri, Jan 11, 2013
Emma Helmington has everything in life but a life to live. She's been sheltered practically since she could remember so when her parents decided to take her on her first trip out of her homeland, London for the holidays, she plans to enjoy every second of it. The plan was to spend two months in Sydney so she could spend time with family friends whom she hasn't seen in eight years and celebrate her 15th birthday. Of course, that was the plan before she met what eventually became her cause for living life to the fullest.
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