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her scarf. It was unbearably cold today, but not colder than the painful loss of

herself firmly: I'

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second, her gaze l

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raceptive pill,"

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ly, emotionally. And now, Cynthia was addin

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could be heard through the halls,

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years!" he roared. "Now tell me, how do we

but her expressio

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unbothered by the taste.

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