The Art of Abandonment
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Complete, First published Jun 15, 2016
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"I have been telling myself all this time that I'm fine, that it doesn't matter.  But today I saw pictures of her at a family cookout and I just wanted to have been there and to have hugged her and talked with her like we used to before she decided that I wasn't good enough.  I wanted to push everyone else out of the picture and have it go back to the way it was before she decided I wasn't like her and I never would be.  I wanted it back.  It has been six freaking months and it still hurt like hell to see her face.  If I am doing the right thing by keeping my distance, why does it still hurt?  Why can't I just let go of 10 years, because they were so terribly unimportant to her?  Why can't I just abandon the very thought of her now...?"

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Brooke and Haley were once best friends.  Now, 10 years since the beginning of their friendship, Haley decides to abandon Brooke.  No one has been able to uncover what had led her to walk away.  Now, without her best friend by her side, Brooke isn't sure of anything.  

That is until Brooke reconnects with another old friend who just may be able to help her fight the feeling of abandonment that had plagued her for so long.  After months of wrestling with the idea of leaving the thought of Haley behind, Brooke may finally be able to conquer the art of abandonment and use it to earn her peace.


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