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Author: Raylins Marks
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“Then why are you trying to bring up everything I worked so hard to bury? Yes, at one point, I did fully believe myself to be capable of only basic emotions. The only people I cared about were my friends because I saw them as family. Even Jim only knows the bare minimum about my past, and I’ve been close with that man as if he were my brother for years. Nothing has threatened our friendship, though; in fact, my group of friends has become closer over the years. What I’m saying is that through it all, I’ve forged relationships and maintained them. Maybe I’m just getting old

and sentimental, but for better or worse, I feel what I feel.”

“Maybe you have found the love you deserve.”

“A peaceful life, and a woman who makes me enjoy living it?”

“It can get a little exhausting,” she smirked, “just fucking and being vacant while you’re with someone. I get that.”

“It is,” I answered her. “And you deserve happiness too, Jane. It seems we lost Jenny in all of this, and even though you weren’t su
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