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She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Excuses
Excuse
Wants
Lying
Much
Every
Believe
Time

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