Pieces of Me
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I've never been the kind of person who fit in. A few friends gained, a few friends lost. I went through that cycle hundreds of times until I met Al. Al was your basic bookworm. He was sweet. He was kind. He was perfect. We went to coffee shops and spent hours at the local libraries, but then everything changed.
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