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The Secret Ingredient Is Love

May 18, 2022

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Blurred image of a restaurant. Caption: "The Secret Ingredient Is Love."

Blurred image of restaurant. Caption: "The Secret Ingredient Is Love."

Clear image of restaurant with waitress standing in the foreground. Caption: "I love my new job at the restaurant."

Same woman pulling hair from a hairbrush. Caption: "I add a little love to everything I serve."

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Everyone has their own secret ingredient.

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Andrews, North Carolina, 2034. No bills, no bosses, no people. Things sure are different after the apocalypse. Daily life is a constant struggle for food, water, and shelter from the searing sun. A lone school teacher makes a discovery that could change the world and bring back "normal" for himself, but at what cost?

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