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Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation.

Sarah Addison Allen

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
Author
Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
Deeper
Nearer
Expectations
Expectation
Magic
Cream
Getting
Ice
Felt
Chocolate
Best
Stomach
Kind
Pull
Heavier
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Hunger
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