If I Fall, Catch Me
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Farrah Travers didn't know how to feel when she was told that she had to go to Silverhaven to live with her sister's family in their small house. Her first thought was that her parents no longer wanted her around because they refused to tell her why she was suddenly being sent away, and her second was that she would never survive in a place that was a far cry from her real home. They told her she would fit in, make new friends and find joy in a new way of living but Farrah knew that she would never ever see it their way.
With little choice she took the train that fateful morning in despondent spirits. Unknown to her, Farrah's quiet black and white world was about to be painted over with colors brighter than any she had ever seen.
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"You often meet fate on the road you take to avoid it." ~ French Proverb
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