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How fast were you? Wes asked me. I said, Not that fast. You mean you couldn't... fly? he said, smiling at me.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Smiling
Fast
Couldn
Asked
Mean

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