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Not even Carol knows firsthand how it feels to be hurt in such a way by someone who's supposed to protect you

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Carols
Supposed
Protect
Hurt
Someone
Feels
Even
Carol
Way
Firsthand

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