When I'm Gone
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Last published Mon, Aug 7, 2017
After a horrific accident involving the death of the three most important people in her life, Darlene wants to give up on everything. She's sent to her Aunt (the only family member who wanted her) and finds herself wondering what life is and why it could be cut so short for some.
Meanwhile, Cassandra has done the bravest thing in her whole entire life, she's landed a role in a big blockbuster movie and it's the lead, but as she sinks deeper and deeper into the secrets that Hollywood hides. She wonders if she can truly go back to being that young innocent girl she had been before.
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