Checkmate
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Complete Fri, Apr 10, 201514m
-This is a rewritten version of my part 8 story on Instagram!-
Alex Gaskarth lives in a calculated world of isolation with his lover, Jack Barakat. But when, the world starts falling apart, turned upside down with his past, is Alex really ready for the cold, hard truth?
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