The Anthology Dilemma
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Ainsley Hawthorne had always enjoyed listening to the quiet from the beginning. She wasn't compatible with people her age and to make it worst, she only enjoyed the company of adults and old people.
When Emmett Cloutier, a random ginger head who she happens to stumble upon at the local bookstore, appears in the picture, the quiet turns into a louder symmetrical silence of endearment, exuberance, and leisure.
Will this enhanced silence be the first step of her journey to a new beginning?
Or will it be the first piece to disarrange itself from the intricate puzzle that was basically her life?
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