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was fall

new me-the ones I trusted enough to see my tears. They listened, tri

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d with a v

any problems. I understood that. I really did. But what

ed to

hip? To know everything about each other? To

one to hold her. That when life got hard, I wanted to stand b

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saw myself slipping...

back to my old frea

scared me

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