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He was quiet. I said nothing, hoping that maybe, for once, he'd stop pretenting he was okay. Then I could, too. That we could both forget the roles that had so long bound us.

Megan Hart

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Megan Hart
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 27
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Quiet
Roles
Stop
Maybe
Forget
Hoping
Nothing
Bound
Long
Bounds
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