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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.

Judith McNaught

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

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