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That was how the heroine of a book would play it and Diana was still writing her own story the best heroines she'd always believed took their fate into their own hands.

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
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Always
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Would
Stories
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Diana
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