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Because if it weren’t for me, Lena and Alex would never have been caught at all. I told on them. I was jealous.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Alex
Jealous
Weren
Caught
Told
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Lena

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