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Tennis Court

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Reads 218
Votes 2
Parts 5
Time 4h 17m

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We do not get to choose in this life who are family will be. But, we do get to choose our best friends, our second family, and our true love...
But what if that love becomes your family?
Alger Kennington, long-time tennis player and best friend to Esther Pennyworth, must come to a quick and spiteful decision - whether to move in with his mother in New York, or remain in his home in the UK. Making a rational, quick decision, he leaves Esther and his life behind to join his mother. 
Rebellious, fitful, and depressed by age fifteen, a girl enters his life that goes by the name of 'E'. She seems familiar at first, and, after several days of secretive hand holding, he begins to recognize that baggy pink sweater tossed over her frame...
In this stunning gut-wrenching romance-drama,  lessons are learned: Life is about the choices we make, and the chances we take.All Rights Reserved

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