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me ans

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have time

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before I could reach my ph

left

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t me believe you were de

ightened arou

nan.

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name like not

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en it me

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n tel

room as Ronan star

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man who had loved me a

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want to leave, t

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him because the truth

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the only reason I had

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d away f

this is

ounded as I

r many words to know

n must have been obvious be

isa

the phone

ave t

ace ha

whe

ed the q

lea

my voice mad

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e woman who

erson he wanted

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isappeare

leaving

sounded like he truly believe

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nod

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became qui

for a moment before

old is

art st

epared for t

outh, but noth

made his expre

ven want to t

esn't m

tters t

t sharper than he

ked at

boy who used to care about ev

noticed when

when I was prete

he was still there, buried ben

ave t

toward t

didn'

voice fol

isa

topp

s room, don't think this

sed my

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answers so don't tr

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n I

de the room long aft

hat followed f

he had imagined

never hearing h

eeing he

g her nut she

thing and rai

he stared at the door

chi

part he couldn

sappeared fi

supposedly died so when h

he built an

rowled deep

e child because of

been there while

part of Lisa that Ro

tered the ro

lph

idn't lo

ut every

bou

yes da

isa

remained

voice l

ho the father of

ta hesi

had a child wi

d toward the

ned from the dead but she had

willing to prote

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know what

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voice be

will fin

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sed only one ques

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