The Way Back Home
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Last published Sun, Nov 25, 2018
Jake knows recovering from the car accident that tore his family apart would not be easy, but everything is made harder when he finds that his best friend Chris has been put in jail for a terrible murder. It just so happens that the victim is the driver responsible for his older brother's death. Now that Jake has an opportunity to return to the town where the tragedies happen, he throws himself completely into the investigation hoping for a closure - and will realize that no one will come out of the ordeal unscathed when the truth is laid out in front of everyone.
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