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Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. You lost this, he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. I'm shedding.

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Lost
Leaving
Palm
Behinds
Palms
Behind
Slightly
Single
Embarrassed
Giggled
Bits
Walked
Sequins
Middle
Dress
Shedding
Winning
Dresses
Lent
Black
Held
Scarlet

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