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I’m sorry for everything.” Then he turns and pushes back into the woods, and he’s gone.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Turns
Back
Everything
Pushes
Woods
Sorry
Gone

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