Lifts and Lies

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June 2021

Bonus: new prologue
I'm trying this as the start to the book, instead of the Chapter I previously posted here.
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Christine Van Dusen
Bonus chapter: 8+
(this takes place during the early days of the Atlanta FitFams studio, just after Jamie is evaluated by Dee and criticized for her "posture" in front of…
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Thank you
I just want to extend a huge thank-you to all of you for reading, liking, sharing, and offering support for this project.
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Chapter 80
Willa walked past the 80-year-old swim-capped women in waist-deep water, flailing their arms in a vague approximation of the letters Y, M, C, and A, and…
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Chapter 79
Willa’s stay in the psychiatric facility and its affiliated residences and programs was longer than her last two, with 30 days of inpatient care, 30…
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Chapter 78
Let’s pretend you are a tiny bronze cockroach, capable of scurrying past a security guard undetected and into a sleek elevator, then agile enough to…
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Christine Van Dusen
Chapter 77
Willa was naked inside a cold bathroom, a stranger’s hands on her backside, pulling apart her cheeks and looking between them.
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Chapter 76
The FitFams offices’ eerie quiet was abruptly interrupted by the squeaking of Shelly’s Golden Goose Hi Star Bicolor Platform Script Sneakers on the…
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Chapter 75
A body, covered in a sheet, pushed on a gurney by paramedics who were red-faced and exhausted from the effort of trying to breathe, pump, and shock life…
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