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I don't lie. You don't lie, I repeated. That's what I said. Ever. Nope. Sure you don't, I thought.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Nope
Repeated
Sure
Lying
Thought
Ever

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