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Dying to Live

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Reads 5,733
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Parts 39
Time 7h 20m

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We all make bad decisions, but bad decisions don't usually cost you your life.

Dave Murray is rotting in a Bangkok prison cell, terrified he's going to be sentenced to death and it's all because of a bad decision... and a woman.

A few weeks earlier, he had been a bored office worker with a booze problem until a disastrous relationship triggered a series of events which led him to Thailand and destroyed his life. 

Can anyone save him? Does anyone want to?

WARNING: This story contains adult themes and graphic language.All Rights Reserved

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