Now What?
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"I got a coin out and placed it between my thumb and index finger. They say that, when faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you, but because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for. And I did it, I counted to three and tossed the coin up and there it was, I knew what I wanted the most."
Hazel is a 21 years old normal university student with an abnormal family. Mafia.
With all the trouble her family are having with other gangs, Hazel is forced to choose between her father's death ... or doing another thing to save her father's life.
Read more to find out what happens with Hazel and the stressful, sarcastic and ironic life she's living and what is the thing she could do to save her father's life. But can this other thing be the new hope and happiness of her life?
A romance on how no one is able to change or control fate.
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