The Secret
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Last published Tue, Jan 19, 2016
A few days ago Arabella Westward came across a deeply buried secret in her families's old Victorian home, that has been passed down through the generations. The secret was said to have been left there decades ago and was only to reveal itself to the person who left the secret there. So why did the secret reveal itself to Arabella? How did Arabella know to look for the secret? Join Arabella on her journey to uncovering the truth in The Secret.
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