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You're the perfect girl', he said, rubbing his chin. 'You expect nothing.

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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
Novelist
Writer
the United States of America
Girl
Nothing
Rubbing
Chin
Chins
Expect
Perfect

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