Getting Through Life
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It takes only one call for Manchester City's own goalkeeper, Louise McKay, to know she has lost her one true anchor. With the deaths of both her parents, she has to find a way to get through life.
For this story, let's assume that Leah Williamson is twenty-one years old. Otherwise, the age gap could be tricky.
Also, because we live in my fiction world, relationships are always legal, no matter the age. Yeah, that's totally realistic...
And a last thing, the timing in the story may or may not line up perfectly, I can't even remember myself what happens at what time. Just roll with that too!
Welcome to 'Getting Trough Life'
DISCLAIMER: I take no claim of any character in this book, except for my own. Every person is for fictional use.
WARNING: Mentions of death, trigger warnings throughout the whole book
NOTE: English isn't my first language
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