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Apparently deciding Charles’s brief introduction wasn’t good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. “Dr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Anna—

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
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Butte
Montana
Nice
Charles
Enough
Introduction
Good
Elders
Reintroduced
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Tormentor
Apparently
Samuel
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Elder
Brother
Anna
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