Something About 8 Seconds
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Last published Wed, Dec 2, 2015
When 18 year old Avalynn Handler came back from Dallas to race the last thing she expected was a permanent home with her Grandmother. She wanted to have a normal life, a normal future, normal friends, a normal family. Her over protective brothers have found their way to Norton High. When life couldn't get any worse, Jake returns. 3 years and he's back from Bull Riding "For good." The old love is there, but it's dim. It's careful, and it's dangerous. She doesn't want to be with him, she doesn't want to be without him. She knows those 8 seconds he spends in the ring could ruin him... could ruin her. But he refuses to stop, he's not giving it up. He changes her views on life, and teaches her to love herself again. Maybe fairy tales don't exist, but hers did. I guess it's just something about 8 seconds.
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