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I don’t want to make the same mistakes I’ve made before. I want to be free. I want to be with you. We will be together. I believe I will have less to live for, if I am not with you.

Melissa de la Cruz

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Melissa de la Cruz
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
City of Manila
Made
Believe
Make
Mistakes
Mistake
Free
Less
Together
Live

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Stop your doubting, my love. I knew you would find me. ~Jack
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