Behind the Curtain
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Ongoing1h 7m
Last published Thu, Mar 28, 2019
Astrea just wants a fresh start, so her and her parent's have moved to a new town to get just that. At first everything gets better, her parent's stop fighting, she has a great new best friend, her grades are bareable, she's even living right next to a extremely hot guy, Blaine, who's really nice to her. This all lasts for about a week, until brick by brick, her life slowly falls apart. Can she build it back up? Or will the outside world see behind the curtain?
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