Life as We Know It
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Last published Fri, Jul 25, 2014
Lillian Evans is fresh out of college, living each day as it comes after the untimely death of her cousin, Melinda, seven years prior. She's been waiting for a chance to avenge her cousin's suicide and she finally gets that opportunity. It was a normal Friday afternoon in New York City, the traffic's building up on the Brooklyn Bridge, when Lillian notices a girl standing on the edge of the bridge about to jump off. After somehow convincing the girl not to jump, she brings her back to her place. What she didn't know is that the girl she saved is her friend, Eli Powell's, cousin who he hadn't seen in three years. A mystery is about to unfold, and will they be able to catch it before it's too late?
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