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Can We Pretend To Be Happy

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Parts 12
Time 2h 36m

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Trigger Warning: This book deals with issues such as sexual abuse, self-harm, and depression
  If this bothers you, DO NOT READ
  
  This story may or may not be mature, readers will be warned prior to reading if certain parts contain mature content.
  ______________
  
  Shawnee Jones is good at hiding behind a smile. However, she's never going to be happy. 
  
  At least that's what she thinks. 
  
  It's best to expect the worse, that way you can't get hurt. 
  
  This is the code Shawnee lives by. 
  
  When she makes one mistake, it shatters her world forever. But can she fix it? Can she pick up the pieces of what she left behind?
  
  Maybe she can find all the answers in New York. But she can't run forever, and she can't pretend forever either.
  
  It's time for a wake up call.All Rights Reserved

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The parts you leave behind

When we're young we don't seem to think about all the things that could go wrong. At-least Blair Rivera didn't. She once believed that if you're a good person you get to live a full life, and maybe part of her still believed that. Well, that was until she found out she has a brain tumor. Her life changes in more ways then she can count. But some things that change she never saw happening like the new presence in her what she thought nonexistent love life. Hayden Hall is a boy shes known since they were kids seeing as he's her brothers best friend. They act like they cannot stand each other, but they're also each others favorite pain in their asses. But somehow things change between them in a blink of an eye. Except how can she fall for someone when she knows she doesn't have long left? How can she ever expect to be happy or to be there for a person when she knows she's dying? And what happens when her life gets cut even shorter when she finds out she's pregnant with his child? In the end of a heart wrenching, and captivating story only one thing is known for sure. No matter where she is in this lifetime, at-least he still has the beautiful parts she leaves behind.