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yelled in my face. "You've

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about her

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say to you, Valerie. You know I've been

effortlessly caught it mid-air.

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atched her. When she was done, she threw

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orano." She stared blankly at me. "This is my home and it's now yours

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in town. I knew why he was calling me out to a bar tha

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his phone at the counter, a cyn

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grinned, keepin

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my face, he straightened,

? You told Valerie to her face that you're ma

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was physical, she

ought maybe she might grow on you or something.

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