03.28.23 "stop, you're losing me" HAZEL ALWYN had seen the signs. She'd noticed how her dad rarely talked to his girlfriend. She'd seen the tabloids of him saying he wanted to go to her shows, but it had never been on his calendar. Yet, on the evening of March 28, 2023, her dad went out to dinner with his girlfriend and came back empty-handed. No leftovers from Hazel's favorite upscale Italian place in New York, no sweet nothings or well-wishes from her dad's girlfriend, and no girlfriend to spend the night. And it broke Hazel more than she'd like to admit; it completely shattered her. 07.07.23 "can i go where you go?" BRIGHTON BRIELLE KELCE was alone for the first time in her life. After the sudden passing of her mother, Lily-the woman who'd raised Brin as a single mother for her whole life, Brin was sent to live with her football player father, who didn't know the first thing about raising a teenage girl. She had no company other than pity, no future events to anticipate-other than anniversaries of the mother she'd lost-until her father came to her one day, with a surprise trip, a friendship bracelet, and a dream.
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