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The truth was that she had managed to betray everyone by doing nothing. No one in history had ever done less and yet been so wrong. Not cheating on a non-boyfriend with the non-boyfriend of a friend. The pressure of thinking that one through made her swollen body ache.

Maureen Johnson

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Maureen Johnson
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
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