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Sometimes there are good reasons to do bad things.

Gena Showalter

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Gena Showalter
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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Oklahoma
United States
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain (kind of) and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard.
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Please, I'd love to meet the guy you couldn't handle, and give him and award.
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If only Paris and the Harpies had gotten along. But Promiscuity had taken one look at the beautiful women and deemed them “too much effort.
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I am cruel and I am selfish, but this need I have inside me, this need for you and no other, is stronger than anything else I've ever encountered. I doubt two years of lockup would dull it in the slightest.
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He’d pleasured Hera and a few thousand others, and when Hera learned about those thousand others…heads had rolled.
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This means nothing,” she said. “Less than nothing,” he lied. “I’ll hate myself later.” “I hate myself now.
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Enjoy him while it lasts, I called. Apparently he has Girlfriend ADD. She looked away, but not before I caught the blush staining her cheeks.
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Even the smallest light can grow until there’s no darkness left.
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I haven't have fun for a long time, Kaia said with a pout. Me, either. Except with myself, but I don't suppose that counts. It does the way I do it.
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I’m not a bad person. I haven’t killed anyone. I (rarely) lie. I don’t kick little puppies. So why do people look at me as if the world would be a better place without me?
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My ex—may he soon discover tiny worms have invaded his body and are slowly eating him alive—once told me God made men so perfect because He'd wanted to make up for the inadequacies of women.
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Demon?” Gwen gasped out. Her back jerked ramrod-straight, and her face leeched of color. “Did you just say demon?” Oh, uh…did I say that?” Strider once again glanced around the plane helplessly. “No, no. I think I said seaman.
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She stopped at the desk and held up a can for his view. This looks like an ordinary hairspray can, right? Of course. he said though he had no idea what hairspray was.
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Ohh, how clever, Aden said and clapped. A death threat. You know what's funny? That's not even my first of the day.
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People stared. Maybe because they were giants compared to everyone else, both in height and muscle mass. Maybe because of the telltale bulge of weapons at their waist. Or maybe because William opened a bag of Doritos and ate while he shopped. Hard to tell.
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While Maddox now believed the demon did not want to hurt Ashlyn, he wasn't willing to take a chance. He would talk about flowers and moonbeams - he cringed - if it meant maintaining this delectable inner peace. Is there a way to break your death-curse? Ashlyn asked. So much for flowers and moon-beams.
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Back off, asshole. I haven't had a woman today, so I'm in no mood for this kind of bullshit.
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I can't promise we'll ever use you for a hasty getaway, Cole said, but with a little work, you might be able to race my grandmother-while she's on her scooter.
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do you have to sit so close? she asked on a ragged breath. Yes. was his only reply. want to tell me why? no. (Darius replied) i don't like it. She insisted scooting from him for the second time. He moved closer want to tell me why? he parroted. No she parroted right back.
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