Count to Ten
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MatureComplete Sun, Feb 12, 2017<5 mins
a.buse; verb
treat (a person or an animal) with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly
"I don't know why he hated me. It wasn't always like this. Maybe it was my fault. Maybe it was his. It doesn't matter."
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