Not Everything is What it Seems
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Last published Sat, Oct 15, 2016
Nickolas Alden is a young man who has the the worst luck ever. His mother is an alcoholic causing her to be abusive. His father had filed for a divorce and took him and his three siblings to live with their grandma. He helps his sisters and brothers get through it and convinces his brother to play baseball as Nick coaches the team. He thinks he's finally free from his mother and sorrows, but she finds them and so do the sorrows. Thinking school will be easier, especially since he makes the football team, he lets his guard down only to find out he's wrong and becomes a jerk. One day he becomes a jerk to the wrong person and it changes his life forever.
Sabrina Larson is a very beautiful young lady, but not very many people see it that way. She is an orphan- her parents are dead along with her younger brother. The only blood she knows is her oldest brother, Tristan, who also lives in the orphanage. Sabrina gets bullied a bit too much, and just doesn't want to live anymore, but her kind heart pushes her through. During a school event, she has had enough and goes off causing her to meet someone she missed judged.
What happens when the two meet and need the other's help?
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