Second Chances
Family Drama · fiction

The House That Wanted Laughter

The black sedan missed Elena Rossi’s three-year-old daughter by less than a foot. “Mia!” Elena dropped the suitcase. She lunged across the rain-slicked driveway and snatched her daughter backward just as the car swept through the iron gates of the Moretti estate. Cold water sprayed across Elena’s stockings. Mia screamed. Elena...

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Cover of The House That Wanted Laughter
Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Chapters

  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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