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I'm trying to feel sorry for you, really I am,North said.If you wait just a moment I'm sure the tears will come.

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Trying
Tears
Really
Waiting
Sure
Moment
Moments
Come
North
Feel
Sorry
Feels
Wait

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