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Betty inhales sharply, 'It's just I thought I had lost you forever.' Oh, Betty, don't you know there's no such thing as forever?

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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New York City
New York
Sharply
Inhale
Forever
Lost
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Betty

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