The New Girl and the Broken Basketball Star
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At sixteen, Clara lost the last place she could call home.
After her stepmother became pregnant, her family couldn't wait to send her away. Carrying only the worn-out violin her mother left behind, Clara fled to a small town she had never even visited before.
She thought the only person waiting for her there would be a distant, cold grandmother.
She never expected that one act of kindness would lead her to Adrian Cole.
Once the school’s basketball captain and the brightest star in town, Adrian was now a quiet, withdrawn mechanic running a small repair shop. After his father disappeared, leaving behind gambling debts, Adrian had no choice but to give up his dreams and shoulder the responsibility of taking care of his family.
One of them no longer believed she deserved to be loved.
The other no longer believed he had a future worth chasing.
In a forgotten small-town high school, they went from strangers, to friends, to becoming the one person each of them could never replace.
Until a storm came, and Adrian vanished from Clara’s world, taking everything they had built with him. From that moment on, Clara learned how to live in a world without him.
Until years later, a blizzard brought them together again. And this time, Adrian had to face the girl he once loved and the pain he had left behind.
After her stepmother became pregnant, her family couldn't wait to send her away. Carrying only the worn-out violin her mother left behind, Clara fled to a small town she had never even visited before.
She thought the only person waiting for her there would be a distant, cold grandmother.
She never expected that one act of kindness would lead her to Adrian Cole.
Once the school’s basketball captain and the brightest star in town, Adrian was now a quiet, withdrawn mechanic running a small repair shop. After his father disappeared, leaving behind gambling debts, Adrian had no choice but to give up his dreams and shoulder the responsibility of taking care of his family.
One of them no longer believed she deserved to be loved.
The other no longer believed he had a future worth chasing.
In a forgotten small-town high school, they went from strangers, to friends, to becoming the one person each of them could never replace.
Until a storm came, and Adrian vanished from Clara’s world, taking everything they had built with him. From that moment on, Clara learned how to live in a world without him.
Until years later, a blizzard brought them together again. And this time, Adrian had to face the girl he once loved and the pain he had left behind.

























