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Married pixy, I told myself, forcing my eyes back to the shelf of ceramic animals. Fifty-four kids. Beautiful wife, sweet as sugar, who would kill me in my sleep while apologizing for it.

Kim Harrison

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Kim Harrison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
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Midwest
Wyoming
Dawn Cook
Would
Animal
Sugar
Sleep
Fifty
Eyes
Animals
Ceramic
Four
Kill
Ceramics
Eye
Married
Shelf
Beautiful
Sweet
Forcing
Kids
Told
Apologizing
Back
Wife
Shelves

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