Keep It Together (Completed)
"I have bad news, sweetheart," I heard my mother's voice crack as she spoke those 5 words. 5 simple words that when are put together is the most nerve-wracking sentence.
I felt the nerves as I cleared my throat preparing myself for the worse, "What's going on, mom?"
"Evelyn, it's your father," she paused before continuing, "Cancer's back, and this time; it's going to be harder to win this battle"
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Evelyn Walker, 19-year-old attending UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Here, she lives an average life with her 2 best friends leaving behind her 6 other siblings and parents back in Ohio.
When she receives the life-changing news from her mother, she gets on the train and tries to get home for Christmas.
Her trip back home just couldn't go right after she's reunited with a cocky, British ex-boyfriend named Nathan Wilson.
Will Evelyn get home on time? Will she fall in love again in the process?
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