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I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wondered how many times he’d sat here, waiting for heroes that never came back.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Many
Heroes
Never
Staring
Fireplace
Hero
Fireplaces
Came
Wheelchair
Waiting
Wheelchairs
Times
Sadly
Left
Wondered
Back
Sat

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