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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet – only science would put them on the same tree.
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Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.
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Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.
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Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
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