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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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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Head
Bend
Pain
Bare
Left
Disappear
Around
Absence
Nothing
Watches
Feel
Protect
Stings
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Watch
Blond
Like
Worst
Disappears

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