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This is a work of fiction. Names, c
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had passed since I’d had sex. Fiv
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a lot of thought to her feet, despi
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“When you, uh, dropped off your r
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heart, Will hinted that he could ge
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I s it possible to feel really youn
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underwater, beating out a sad echo.
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nonchalant, normal. You don’t kno
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heart-shaped face, which drew to an
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“You mean S.E.C.R.E.T.? That, my
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Garden District. I got o at Third,
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finish. The silence was painful.
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“But I don’t even know you! I d
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entire space with names and ideals.
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talk about their deepest desires, t
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“Yes,” I said. “Two, within t
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wanted. I ticked the box. I want to
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I entered as timid as a mouse to a
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I did as he asked. He seemed to kno
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drying my hair, I had a realization
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my own memories of that man’s bea
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My heart beat faster as we made tur
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practice run, moving my forearm and
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ody felt suspended in his strong ha
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E very May, the Spring Fling on Mag
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around the walls and glass, giving
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ack towards me and held my face in
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deep, his wet tongue pulling someth
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people want to know a little bit mo
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Will glanced around my disheveled p
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women who might also be going throu
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his arms rippled and revealed thems
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knew this stage name. And now, Shaw
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“Oh, Cassie,” he pleaded, my ha
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S ummer covered the city like a thi
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I took the stairs in twos, ripping
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Gulf. I alternated between watching
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maybe that was the terror. Then it
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