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The thing is, I used to like that: feeling special because I knew something no one else did. It's a kind of power, isn't it, knowing a secret? But lately I don't like it so much, knowing this. It's not really mine to know, is it?

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Kim Edwards
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 4
Author
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Killeen
Texas
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Father
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