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If I die, he whispered in the dark, dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.
Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 11
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Arizona
Diana J. Gabaldon Perez
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