Short Story: Exiled
“Exiled” (A Bonus Story from Versions of Her) by Andrea Lochen Melanie was thirteen and had a brand-new blue-plaid bikini—the top was padded, her sister, Kelsey, liked to point out. When Melanie wasn’t listening to her
“Exiled” (A Bonus Story from Versions of Her) by Andrea Lochen Melanie was thirteen and had a brand-new blue-plaid bikini—the top was padded, her sister, Kelsey, liked to point out. When Melanie wasn’t listening to her
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