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[Bobby Tom] finally understood Gracie's function in his life. She was God's joke on him.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Life
Bobby
Toms
Joke
Finally
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Bobby Tom: You're supposed to be my assistant, not a baby-sitter! Gracie: One and the same.
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