The 99th Time We Fell Apart

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, his voice hoarse. "You deserve a life. A long

years or five months or five minutes! I want it with you! I would rather have a single day with you, kn

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is arms a steel cage around me,

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ming down my face, soaking

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barely audible over the wind. "Okay. I

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