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God help me if I ever injure my back, Clayton quipped. God help you if you ever turn it, Whitney snapped, for there'll surely be some heartbroken papa or cuckolded husband ready with a knife--if I don't murder you first.

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
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Novelist
Writer
San Luis Obispo
California
Helping
Knives
Quipped
Back
Surely
Clayton
Ever
Murder
Whitney
Firsts
Husband
Snapped
First
Ready
Injure
Turn
Papa
Turns
Heartbroken
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Knife

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An answering smile drifted across his tanned face. What is mine, I intend to keep.
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I'd like to shower and change clothes, she said. Would you mind waiting for me a half hour? The question seemed to amuse him. Not at all, he said with exaggerated formality. Please take all the time you need. Michael watched her walk away. Did he mind waiting a half hour for her? Not at all. He'd been waiting years for her.
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Feeling a little foolish over her confidences, Elizabeth glanced up at him with an embarrassed smile. “What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever seen?” Dragging his gaze from the beauty of the gardens, Ian looked down at the beauty beside him. “Any place,” he said huskily, “where you are.
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How am I doing so far? she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice. You're doing very well, Nick's lazy voice mocked. I'm half convinced that I'm invisible.
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Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery
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