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He left the key in the ignition. No one was likely to come up here and steal the truck- and if anyone did... well, he could deal with Charles

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Deals
Ignition
Anyone
Charles
Left
Truck
Wells
Steal
Come
Stealing
Well
Likely
Keys
Deal

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