Why Can't It Be Me?
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"Constantly, consistently, continually, you." - perry poetry
You have to be careful with secrets. Sometimes you think things are best kept unsaid, until it feels so heavy that it won't let you sleep at night.
For Bella Stone, her secret wasn't that bad: so she fell in love with her childhood best friend, Damon Hawkings. Not that big of a deal, right?
But, his. His secrets would shatter her, ruin her. His would change everything.
Just as she thinks she truly has him, he starts to slip away again, leaving her to question everything she has ever known.
So maybe some truths are better left unspoken.
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