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I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
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Hurts
Afraid
Hear
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Break
Voice
Going

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