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She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams.

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
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Port Chester
New York
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Wanted
Everything
Love
Life
Measure
Dreams

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Turn away. From the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes and look at the light.
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You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.
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He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and bones and muscle and gut, softened and melted from the heat of him.
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