Tears In The Wind
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Last published Tue, Oct 29, 2024
When thirty-four year old Charlie E. Johnson meets thirty-seven year old Grace E. Lee at church one Sunday, his relationship with his mother begins to crumble - not that there was much holding it together to begin with.
PS: This story is a first draft! This is a story that I'm hoping to publish for real one day, and this is just the first draft, so there are numerous flaws to be found!
TW: This story contains themes of abuse, death, and $u1cide!
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