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He sits next to me, careful to avoid my hair that's splayed out around my head like blood. A bullet to the forehead, boom, blond waves everywhere.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Head
Bullets
Next
Waves
Around
Wave
Blond
Like
Avoid
Forehead
Everywhere
Bullet
Careful
Foreheads
Hair
Boom
Blood
Sits

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