Never Alone(manxman)
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Last published Wed, Jan 4, 2017
A WEAK MAN CAN'T LOVE A STRONG WOMAN, HE WON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HER. SO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES? HE FINDS A WOMAN WHO NEEDS HIM AS MUCH AS HE NEEDS HER. NOT A WOMAN WHO HE NEEDS, BUT DOESN'T NEED HIM. - XADRIAN
Xadrian McCastle is a barista at a single location coffee shop in San Jose, California.
Dean Enridge is a well known multi-billionaire businessman in Sacramento, California, but lives in San Jose.
Surprisingly, the two meet one night when Dean comes into the small coffee shop rather late in the evening, not long before Loren usually closes down the shop. That evening, the two men go through something that not only brings them closer as possible friends but maybe even more.
"Life is filled with valleys and peaks; you've been through a lot of valleys, but tonight [my friend] you are on a peak." - Howie Mandell
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