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Remy: Did you really believe, that first day, that we were meant to be together? Dexter: You're here, aren't you?

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
First
Believe
Remy
Really
Dexter
Lullaby
Meant
Aren
Together
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