This Life
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Looking back at the past few months, I can't help but question what would be different if I hadn't made many of the choices I have. My world, is so far off from what I had envisioned for myself, and it seem so much harder now to grasp control of what is left of that world. I'd be lying if I were to say that what I once wanted is still what I want, but it'd be an even bigger lie to say that I wanted this life.
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Laura Santiago has always had her life aligned. A plan that she always followed. Until she meets a guy with swooning words and dangerous secrets. And soon she'll learn that such secrets would've remained better in the dark when they begin to cost her the lives of the people she loves.
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