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You’re the only one for me. I came back from the dead for you, Daisy. Twice.

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Eloisa James
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
Novelist
Professor
Minnesota
United States
Mary Bly
Daisy
Daisies
Twice
Dead
Came
Back

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