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Did you ever meet someone named Caleb? I say. 'Caleb, Fernando says. Yes, there was a Caleb in my initiate class. Brilliant, but he was... what's the colloquial term for it? A suck-up. he smirks.
Veronica Roth
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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Veronica Anne Roth
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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