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A week went by and nothing. But eventually, as they always will, the rumors reached me. And everyone knows you can't disprove a rumor.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Always
Rumors
Rumor
Reached
Eventually
Week
Went
Everyone
Nothing
Disprove

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