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Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bigs
Admit
Cat
Curious
Leads
Okay
Deal
Deals
Dead

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