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Authors: Cynthia Lucas

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u
t
,
W
ill
ow
w
asn

t
so
m
e
cheap
hussy h
e

d
p
i
c
k
ed
up
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n
a
ba
r
,
and
desp
it
e
h
i
s
bod
y

s
i
ns
i
s
t
ence,
and
t
he
f
act
he
w
as at
l
east
pa
rtl
y su
r
e,
or
m
a
y
be
j
ust
hop
i
ng she
w
ou
l
dn

t
say no, so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
d
r
o
v
e
h
i
m
t
o
ho
l
d
back and
do
h
i
s
best
t
o
be
a
g
e
n
tl
e
m
an.

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e
w
as
cer
t
a
i
n
he
m
ust
be
l
os
i
ng
h
i
s
m
i
nd
.
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ft
er
a
l
l
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a
f
ew
w
ee
k
s
he
w
ou
l
d
be
p
r
e
tt
y
m
uch
dead
and
g
o
n
e
so d
i
d
i
t
r
ea
ll
y
m
a
tt
e
r
?
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e
w
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l
dn

t
be
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r
ound
t
o
see
her
c
r
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f
he hu
r
t
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r
.
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e

d
j
ust
be
so
m
e
g
uy
she


m
et
i
n  a
bar
w
ho du
m
ped
her
and
t
hat
w
ou
l
d be
t
he
end of
it
.
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he
w
ou
l
d ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y
g
et
o
v
er
it
.

B
ut
f
or
so
m
e
r
eason, he
w
asn

t
so su
r
e
he
w
ou
l
d
g
et o
v
er
it
.
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e
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
ha
v
e
a
l
on
g
,
l
ong
ti
m
e
t
o
r
e
m
e
m
ber and
t
h
i
nk back on
h
i
s
cho
i
ces
w
it
h
t
h
i
s
one
a
ft
er
he
w
o
k
e
up a
g
a
i
n
next
ti
m
e
a
r
ound,
and
f
or
m
any
ti
m
es
be
y
ond
t
ha
t
, b
e
cause
t
h
i
s
w
o
m
an
w
as
not
so
m
eone
he
w
ou
l
d
be
f
o
r
g
e
tti
ng any
ti
m
e soon.
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he
r
ea
lit
y
of
i
t
bo
t
h
enchan
t
ed
a
nd
a
n
g
e
r
ed h
i
m
at
t
he
sa
m
e
ti
m
e.
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e
d
i
dn

t
w
ant
t
o
f
eel
t
he
w
a
y
he
d
i
d, but
he
w
as po
w
e
rl
ess
t
o s
t
op
i
t
appa
r
en
tl
y
!

H
e
fi
na
ll
y
r
e
i
ned
i
n h
i
s
senses, and dec
i
ded
t
hat
he
w
asn

t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
do
an
y
t
h
i
ng s
t
up
i
d….
li
k
e
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
bed her
ri
g
ht
he
r
e
and no
w
.
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u
t
, he
fi
g
u
r
ed
t
he
r
e
w
as no
r
e
ason not
t
o at
l
east
m
a
k
e
t
he
k
i
ss
one
she
w
ou
l
dn

t
be
f
o
r
g
e
tt
i
ng
any
ti
m
e soon.
H
e
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
sa
v
or
e
v
e
r
y
l
ast
d
r
op
of
it
.
A
nd
w
e
ll
,
o
k
a
y

m
a
y
be
j
ust
a
littl
e
m
o
r
e
i
f
she

d
l
et
h
i
m
g
et
a
w
ay
w
it
h
it
.
H
e
s
m
il
ed
w
i
c
k
ed
l
y as
h
i
s
li
ps
l
e
f
t
he
r
s
and he
tr
a
il
ed a
w
et pa
t
h
do
w
n
t
he
cu
r
v
e
of
her
neck
w
it
h
h
i
s
t
on
g
ue
and
a
l
l
t
he
w
ay do
w
n
t
o
t
he c
r
ease be
t
w
een her
so
f
t
b
r
eas
t
s
be
f
o
r
e
w
o
r
k
i
ng
h
i
s
w
ay
back
up
t
o p
i
ck
up
w
he
r
e he

d
l
e
f
t
o
ff
.

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