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When he inches into me, I feel the pain, but I also feel the invisible chains around my wrists break and shatter.

Jessica Sorensen

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Jessica Sorensen
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 2
Novelist
Chains
Invisible
Break
Pain
Around
Also
Shatter
Feel
Wrists
Feels
Inches

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