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The Trash Beneath Her Perfect Lawn

I was fifty-five when I finally bought the peaceful life I had spent decades imagining. After years of saving, I sold my old house and moved into a quiet suburban neighborhood called Maple Ridge. The streets curved around mature oak trees, flower beds bordered nearly every driveway, and children rode...

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Genre
Crime & Justice
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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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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