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The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.

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Brent Weeks
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 7
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Montana
United States
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Pretending
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Duke
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Dukes
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