Learning how to cover bruises
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Last published Fri, Jun 13, 2025
Charlie is good at pretending she is okay. After a lifetime of loss, trauma and silence. Hiding the pain is by nature.
Then she met Jacob. Quiet. Protective. Haunted by his own passed.
He sees the bruises she tries to hide. Trapped together by accident drawn together by something deeper
Two broken souls. One chance to stop hiding.
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