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    The House Call
    The House Call
    The House Call
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    The House Call

    By Tina Long

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    After his divorce was finalized, Max decided to throw a party to mark the beginning of his single life. However, all the party did, was leave Max with a damaged house and an intense fear of the outside world. He unexpectedly finds solace and peace in a house call that changes his life forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJan 16, 2021
    ISBN9781716222511
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      The House Call - Tina Long

      The House Call

      By Tina Long

      Copyright@2021 by Tina Long

      ISBN: 9781716222511

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental.

      It is intended only for adults over the age of 18 and all characters are represented as 18 or over.

      Max made his way to the window and took a peep at the people outside. 

      It had been a month since he had stepped out of his house, to him the people he once viewed as amazing neighbors had betrayed him. 

      They had decided to show up for his divorce party, wreck his house then left to go sit by his ex- wife’s side and comfort her or in his opinion condemn him. 

      To most of his neighbors, Max was being cruel when he decided to throw the divorce party. They couldn’t understand why he could be cruel to the woman he had lived and put up with for a period of ten years. 

      They felt like Max had gone a bit too far without considering her feelings or the repercussions. 

      The more he thought about his situation, the more Max felt like the whole world was

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