Up Until Dusk
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Ongoing7h 47m
Last published Fri, Jan 17, 2014
When Scarlett meets Chase, unexpectedly at a football game she didn't think she would attend...what draws her into this mysterious guy? Is it the fact he hides himself from the world? Or is it the way he looks...different? What is there possibly to hide though? What's the big secret?
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