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Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
Author
Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
Suffering
Eased
Felt
Chili
Away
Peppers
Back
Embarrassment
Nothing
Burned
Take
Throat
Make
Suffer
Like
Eating

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