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The vertical lines that run down his forearms are the most disturbing, thick and jagged as if someone took a razor to his skin. I wish I could run my fingers along them and remove the pain and memories that are attached to them.

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Jessica Sorensen
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 2
Novelist
Along
Disturbing
Memories
Attached
Lines
Thick
Wish
Remove
Forearms
Pain
Skin
Jagged
Running
Skins
Razor
Someone
Fingers
Razors
Took
Vertical

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