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He was as needy as she was. Alvin Finch only wanted to be needed. Loved. And absent of either, he resorted to deflecting his pain by killing. Just like a teenager might resort to deflecting the pain of rejection by cutting. People did a lot of crazy things to be wanted.

Ted Dekker

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Ted Dekker
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 24
Author
Novelist
Republic of Indonesia
Theodore R. Dekker
Needy
Like
Needed
People
Loved
Resort
Crazy
Resorts
Finch
Either
Absent
Alvin
Pain
Rejection
Deflecting
Wanted
Teenager
Resorted
Might
Killing
Finches
Things
Cutting

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