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It was a nice bit of blackmail that kept him off my back, but he refused to take the message that I wasn’t going to work for him. ’Course, that might be my fault…since I seemed unable to say no when he waved enough money at me.

Kim Harrison

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Kim Harrison
Age: 59
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
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