Second Chances
Family Drama · fiction

The Key Without a Demand

By the time my father pulled his truck alongside me, I had stopped pretending my ankle didn't hurt. I had also stopped pretending my life was fine. Those two things turned out to be connected. The driver's-side window came down, and for half a second I didn't recognize the man behind the wheel because the sun was reflecting off the windshield....

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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

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