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““When I glanced up at Sanchez, he was smiling at me. A real smile...something that tole me he knew who I was going home to. And it wasn't the guy who kissed me six years ago, slept with me and walked away. It was the guy who asked me for sex and was relentless in his pursuit. It was the guy who told me we were friends before I even knew his name.””

Rachel Van Dyken

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