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Shrugging out of the damaged shirt, Jake said roughly, “I still dream about you.”

“I have nightmares about you.” I dragged my T-shirt over my head, threw it aside.


Josh Lanyon

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--T-SHIRT
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My own eyes...
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Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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Hate pollutes the mind.
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