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Summary Of Breathing Underwater By Alex Flinn

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In the book Breathing Underwater, by Alex Flinn. Nick Andreas made a decision that lead him to a few bad consequences. If he would not have hit his girlfriend a lot of things would have been different. When Nick from breathing underwater decided to beat his girlfriend Caitlin, both physically and mentally that lead him to court dates, anger management classes, no more friends and losing Caitlin for good. After he constantly hit Caitlin people began to turn on him; his friends at school and other classmates/students. When Caitlin finally realizes that Nick just won't stop, she makes the decision to leave Nick and go on her own as he goes to anger classes. After Nick begins to calm down he starts to want Caitlin back but she doesn't want him.

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