Social worker Quote by Nancy Garden

“She's a social worker, Karen," Mac said when I told the group. "She must know something about homosexuality.” quote by Nancy Garden — Download Open image

““She's a social worker, Karen," Mac said when I told the group. "She must know something about homosexuality.””

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