Heart Strings (2016)
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"You know the truth, Alexander, you know why I was sent away for the summer, why won't you tell me?" My faces scrunches together thoughtfully.
"I can't, Elsie, you wouldn't understand, if I tell you then it would be the end of everything." His arms move as if to hug me but drop to his sides a second later. I look at his face, his dimples and the crease between his brows. All the parts I had come to know like the back of my hand now become a stranger to me.
"The end of what, Alex, what could be so important that you can't tell me?" You're best friend? The person you tell everything too? I bite my tongue.
"You, Elisabeth. It would mean the end of us and everything else that I love."
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Elisabeth Stevanchi finally returns to her family circus after leaving months earlier and is greeted by a long lost friend. But as she settles in, Elisabeth discovers what she's missed and the real reason she was sent away.
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