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And Kingsley being Kingsley, he smiled as he pretended to pull the trigger.

Melissa de la Cruz

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Melissa de la Cruz
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 7
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Novelist
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City of Manila
Trigger
Triggers
Smiled
Pull
Kingsley
Pretended

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