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It hurts and hurts to have him this close. I feel sick with it.
Jenny Downham
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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Inner and Outer London
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I shrug him off. 'Can't you just go away? There's a moment. It has a sound in it, as if something very small got broken.
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