The Ties That Bind Us
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Living as a foster kid isn't easy, especially not for a kid like Joshua Randal. Having grown up in the system without a family to call his own, life was always moving at a pace faster than Joshua could keep up with. He has been fortunate enough to have had decent foster parents who weren't just in it for the money, but he never seemed to have a problem with any of it. With a fascination of finding his birth family, he digs into the older records at the orphanage. Now soon to be adopted and having enough resources to seek out what is lost, Joshua must make a decision. As a whole new and mysterious world is thrust upon him, dark secrets and truths are revealed to him. As he wonders through the dark seas of his past, he begins to wonder. Did he make the right decision?
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