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"You kiss your baby with that ainst the bench "Yeah, no one has a penis"
"Now that would be a crying sha, buton the other end for me to talk Dammit, I love her for that No pressure, just patience She hasn’t brought up Evan, or the breakup I’d taken so hard Hasn’t asked how I’ or what I’ve learned onI suspect she knows that, too She er, that first hen you h "You think he would have let me?"
Excellent point "No But if you absolutely had to, if you kneas best for both of you, could you have done it?"
"No"
I wasn’t expecting her to answer so easily "Why?"
Ginger hu "Love comes in many forms It’s not always sweet Or co Volatile" Derek’s gentle singing in the background has stopped "Itno for an answer And it’s usually right It knows you better than you know yourself" Ginger’s voice has gone soft It sounds like she’s sitting right beside me on the bench "It turns you inside out Occasionally, it hurts, but in the best way iinable To re alive" She pauses "I could have tried to walk away, but the love would have just come with me Above all, love is stubborn as hell"
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"Of course"
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"You will" My steps falter a little "I’ll be home next week"
"Dolly can’t wait toyour scrawny butt either"
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"I get the sense that maybe you’re in a difficult spot" Slowly, she blows out a breath "But there will be afor it, but it will ser than you Already planned out like a road map It happened to me, and I shied away because I was scared This moment, it can be the worst of your life, or the best Just make it your best Let it be your best Okay?"
I can’t speak around the luer seems satisfied with that, however