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s and forms. I'm sure that some company is going to see

. I think you should come work with me at the store.

mise me you won't fall in

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t the fight that ensued with Mabel dragging the bottle from her reach and running around the table in fruitless circles, "from-" she

t and raising it close to Petra, so s

are ever going to have. You might not end up getting married eith

when you get to thirty that you're over thirty, unmarr

rs- which is the number of years you spent

ty-one this year and I am living my best life in a house that my mom paid for, and

er head in par

have, can I crash at your place when my

aying with people,

're the only friend I

work ethic! Where am I go

fering you a job. You take the job and I'll pay you the first three months after y

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to determine if you want to live on the st

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before she removed her shoes, crossed into the living room, and jumped on the o

to return it? She would not give it to him, even if he a

ife go from spending most nights, in the arms of the man she loved to sleep

college and coming out with not-so-good results. Her ace in the hole was

le others had gone home for the night. She became friends with the janitor, and he woul

d been assigned, along with two others to deal with

t of her laptop, clicking away. In a bid to make the work go faster, she opted to treat

. He saw the light of her cubicle on and sat down to talk to her. Then, he pointed out the erro

ey started seeing each other shortly after that- just friends bumping into each other on the way dow

her? She did not complain when he asked her to keep it a secret, even as the years went

lity. Because reality sucked- even more than Ian's beh