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Missing you? she giggled incredulously. I could cheerfully murder you. I'd come back to haunt you, he threatened with a grin. And that, she said, is the only reason why I haven't tried.

Judith McNaught

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
Author
Novelist
Writer
San Luis Obispo
California
Come
Threatened
Murder
Havens
Tried
Incredulously
Haven
Giggled
Missing
Cheerfully
Back
Haunt
Reason
Grin

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