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Jericho lay back down on his side, watching her breathe just an arm's length from him. She was not beautiful while she slept her mouth hung open and she snored very lightly, and this, despite everything that had happened, made him smile.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Back
Smile
Lightly
Everything
Watching
Hung
Made
Arms
Length
Side
Lays
Sides
Mouth
Open
Despite
Happened
Breathe
Jericho
Beautiful
Mouths
Slept

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