Just Keep Swimmin'
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Last published Mon, Aug 10, 2015
"Everything you do just tears us apart! I wish I never had you for a daughter! You disgust me."
Clara Hail was trying to piece her life back together from the day it all came crashing down. Her parents didn't have the best of relationships but it's not like she had one with them anyway. Clara was pushed to her breaking point in multiple ways until she finally snapped. She came tumbling down, but of course, what goes down must come up right? Or is it what goes up must come down... Whatever! Throughout this story, she has her own decisions to either make or break her. What will it be? Will she be able to keep herself in sync, or will she have to start back at square one?
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