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Dear Dad, When you sent me to school that morning, I thought you loved me. But now I see you for what you are. You called me a monster and a freak. But you’re the one that raised me.
Alexandra Bracken
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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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