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			<title>A stranger in the attic</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Is, are you sure you want to go? I can book you a flight anywhere that you-&amp;ldquo;&amp;ldquo;Mom,&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;Isabel&amp;nbsp;interjected, giving her a look. Letting out a long, exasperated sigh she turned her attention back to folding her shirts neatly into her suitcase. She closed her eyes and laid..</description>
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			<title>The Answer</title>
			<description>Isabel&amp;nbsp;let out a long breath as she tossed her car keys onto the hallway end table in her old apartment. She had finally regained enough composure to drive herself home, and realized how much of a mess she had become. She had felt never more exhausted in the past than she was from today and hon..</description>
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			<title>Need You Now</title>
			<description>A short story inspired by &quot;Need You Now&quot; by Lady Antebellum</description>
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			<title>Moving On</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Welcome to all who have gathered here, to witness the union of this man and woman&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; The minister began, as the aisles quieted down and focused their attention to the front. It was a wonderful spring afternoon for a wedding. In fact, it was a perfect time to have a wedding in Apri..</description>
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			<title>Half of My Heart</title>
			<description>Isabel &quot;Izzy&quot; Williams needed to get away. The man she loved married another, and she decided to move to her mothers house by the lake. In her journey to heal and find herself, she also found love.</description>
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			<title>Coffee and Lost Apologies</title>
			<description>This was a poem I had written after my friend committed suicide. No one knew he was autistic. They all just treated him unfairly and ridiculed him; which i fear caused his demise.</description>
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