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I know it's hard on her. If I don't tell her she'll kill me. He pauses. That was supposed to be funny.

Julie Anne Peters

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Julie Anne Peters
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 16
Author
Engineer
Writer
Jamestown
New York
Pauses
Supposed
Kill
Funny
Tell
Hard

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