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That's what I'll be. A silhouette, rarely seen, and yet believed in. Kaeleigh wants to believe in me. I am her twin, forever alive inside her. And when she needs me, I am always here.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Seen
Silhouette
Alive
Silhouettes
Forever
Twin
Needs
Twins
Believe
Rarely
Always
Believed
Inside
Wants

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