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Hovering near panic, trying to focus but finding it hard to open my eyes. My heart was pounding. I couldn’t get enough air, and I couldn’t find the desire to push her away

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Kim Harrison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
Author
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Midwest
Wyoming
Dawn Cook
Trying
Eyes
Push
Eye
Near
Desire
Findings
Away
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Find
Air
Enough
Couldn
Pounding
Hard
Focus
Hovering
Heart
Open
Panic

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