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Sitting there that day, I knew that the only thing I could do was keep putting one foot in front of the other, hoping none of the secrets on my shoulders would make me lose my balance.

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
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Oklahoma
United States
Sarah Leigh Fogleman
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