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47. Center City
Philadelphia at Christmas time is the most magical time of the year. The snow, the lights, City Hall, Reading Terminal, cheesesteaks, ice skating and the food at the Weihnachtsmarkt! Don't forget Macy's at the old Wanamaker building and the The Christmas Carol display.
The city is magical!
Well, to Finn, the city used to be magical and now as he walked the streets alone, he was one step away from his old man and the magic that he could create inside of himself. How he wanted to numb his pain but so far he had managed not to relapse.
He decided to move in with Drake and his wife instead of with his parents. Drake lived in a two bedroom condo over by Eastern State Penitentiary and it was good to be in the city without a car. He stayed away from Kennsigton and the other places that he haunted when he was addicted and he had managed not to call Jyllian.
Yet!
Everyday it was getting harder.
He
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