Behind the Mask

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d to talk to you in my of

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face. "How will I afford that, d

ore the condition worsens. In the meantime, you'll need to

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nbidden. "Tracy, please, can you take him home? I need t

gn that I wasn't falling apart inside. Ariel's vo

everything

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