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Is it sad that my first thought happened to be: Thank God I'm off the treadmill.
Gena Showalter
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Gena Showalter
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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Leap out the window, my inner Tigress cried. You aren't ready to face such a powerful Tiger. I frowned. I thought a true Tigress never backed down from a fight. Don't you know anything? When she's in heat, she avoids everything male. Now run!
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I looked around, counting the competition. Sixteen. To win, all I had to do was incapacitate each one, place my hand over their hearts and turn my palm into a flame. Easy. Yeah right.
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