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This be OK?' I asked, innocently. 'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes. Actually, don't answer that one.

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Lucy Christopher
Age: 54
Author
Writer
WAL
Eye
Rolled
Left
Skin
Skins
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Asked
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Eyes
Actually
Innocently

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