Bruises
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Sometimes, things can seem unbearable. Even more so when you're alone in the world, with no one by your side. That's how Ashlee's life is. She has no friends, her father an alcoholic, her mother basically useless... Oh and two little sisters that she has to care for. Yet Ashlee manages to keep her faith in The Lord above... Yet times are getting hard, the abuse is worse, and hope is only so,etching that belongs in dreams. So when Chase shows up, her whole world is turned upside down. Will Ashlee let him in? Tell him the secrets of her past and present? Or will she shut him down? But not only that, can she make it through to the end or will she give up before he has a chance to help...?
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