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I'm ready for something private, private and real

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Mildred waves Carlos over. 'Let me look at you.' She eyes him up and down. 'I saw you when you walked in. What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan.' 'I suspect I am a hooligan,' he says to her. 'Whatever that means.
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Somehow, being with Brittany brings something to my life that's missing, something ... right.
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and the bananas are overdone.
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I turn around and wrap my arms around his neck. Whoa, girl, he says taken aback. I thought we were keepin' this thing between us a secret. I hate to tell you, but a bunch of north siders from Fairfield are right over there. And they're starin' at us I don't care. Not anymore Why You only live once
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Do I make you nervous? His gaze travels from my eyes to my breasts and down to where my dress meets my thighs. In that dress you do.
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Love. Is it just a word that boys use to manipulate girls?
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Gary, who's wearing a coral shirt and white pants, growls to look tough. It doesn't work.
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Say something, Amy, Miranda insists. Something positive. I'm sure it'll make you feel better. Okay, Miranda. I've got it. I motion the girls to lean in close to hear my words. At least I'm not dead. How's that for positivity? I have to admit it does make me feel better.
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Consider me your candy stripper... I mean striper.
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Want to get in trouble with me, Carlos?
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And I’m yours,” I tell him. “Forever and always and then some.
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Did we kiss last night? Yes. Well, it wasn't memorable because I have no recollection of it. He laughs. I was kiddin'. We didn't kiss. He leans in. When we kiss you'll remember it.Forever.
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Daddy, What's the horizontal tango?
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The threat of taking something away makes us appreciate it more.
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Alex, Add it up. No matter how much you want her in your life, she doesn’t belong. A triangle can’t fit into a square. Just pointing out the facts” “Gracias” I don’t point out that if it’s a big enough square, a small triangle can fit inside perfectly. All you have to do is make a few adjustments.
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I cry a lot.' 'Yeah? Well I'm gonna change that.
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I like that girl more that I can remember likin’ anything in my life. I’m not about to give her up. I’ll start carin’ what people think when I am six feet under.
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I want to hold you, Nikki. Will you let me?
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You’re dangerous,” he says. “Why?” “Because you make me believe in the impossible
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It's as if I'm taking away his pain and he's taking away mine.
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