Buried
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She left everything behind.
A city full of memories.
A life that ended too soon.
A name that still echoes in her mind.
Allison "Ally" Riggs thought distance would be enough - that if she ran far enough, fast enough, the past would stay where she left it.
Chicago proves her wrong.
Ally learns how to breathe again - But grief doesn't disappear. It lingers. In the quiet. In the chaos. In the moments no one else sees.
And then there are the people who start to notice.
She ran to forget.
But what if Chicago is where everything catches up with her?
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