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She would do anything, anything to belong to his son after a lifetime of belonging to no one at all.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
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Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Belonging
Belong
Son
Lifetime
Anything
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