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Junior. I was a stranger, really, not part of any family. You were with her? he asked as we opened the door. He took off his cap and looked at me. I quickly grabbed it way from her. I went behind the counter and filled my coffee cup. I turned the sandals over and over in my hands, impressed with the workmanship. I think he really birkenstock shoes loved her, I said. So someone died? Ray asked, from behind the counter. I simply had no choice. When he got to the shop I drove over to the Boleyn s. I snapped up my coat, birkenstock shoes knelt down on the hem of my skirt and closed Marie s eyes. I think she s a goner, Horace said, putting his coat over Marie s legs and
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