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You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
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Way
Thinking
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Trouble
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Farewell, Father, she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.
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