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What the hell is a cherry mushroom?
Yeah, it’s supposed to be “cherry tomatoes.” Thanks for the catch, Matt. :)
Jul 23, 2021
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Christine Van Dusen
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Bonus chapter: 55+
(after Jamie receives a seven-day suspension from FitFams for playing explicit music)
Jul 23, 2021
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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. Prologue April 10, 2020 If Willa had been able to move her…
Jun 28, 2021
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Christine Van Dusen
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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…
Jun 25, 2021
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Christine Van Dusen
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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. Though I’ve been in journalism…
Jun 13, 2021
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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…
Jun 12, 2021
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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…
Jun 10, 2021
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Christine Van Dusen
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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…
Jun 5, 2021
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Christine Van Dusen
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Chapter 77
Willa was naked inside a cold bathroom, a stranger’s hands on her backside, pulling apart her cheeks and looking between them. The stranger next…
Jun 2, 2021
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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…
Jun 2, 2021
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Christine Van Dusen
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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…
Jun 1, 2021
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May 2021
Chapter 74
Has anyone ever used their phone as a vibrator? That’s what was going through Willa’s alcohol-soaked brain as she downed her fourth Irish Car Bomb in a…
May 31, 2021
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