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f94eb2c
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Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.
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character
maturity
scars
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Erin McCarthy |
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f0ddfa2
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I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.
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romantic
vegas-vampires
sunset
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Erin McCarthy |
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87200e6
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Did I ever tell you the difference between a Northern fairy tale and a Southern one?" she asked him, indulging herself and letting her head rest on his shoulder. God, he felt good. Her man. Where her head was meant to lie, right there, on him. "What's the difference?" "A Northern one starts 'once upon a time,' while a Southern one starts 'y'all ain't going to believe this shit."
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fairy-tales
funny
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Erin McCarthy |
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e452137
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And everyone is always saying that marriage is really hard and takes a lot of work. But the thing is, when you know that you love someone, those things don't matter. You have to push all the everyday things and the outside world away, and just enjoy knowing that this is the man who has the chest your head is meant to lie on.
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marriage
love
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Erin McCarthy |
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8219bd6
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Love, no matter how it's expressed, is still love. We all have flaws, and so our love will be flawed. But that doesn't diminish it.
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love
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Erin McCarthy |
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902ced6
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Alright, good night," he said, his words a little slurred. "But before I pass out, I want you to know that you're the hottest biscuit this side of the gravy boat."
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relationships
funny
humor
love
hot
sexy
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Erin McCarthy |
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355e307
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If I'm working this hard in the morning, I'd prefer it be because my man has woken me up with an eight-inch nudge.
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work
morning
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Erin McCarthy |
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e5f6663
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I think perfect love is any time you love unconditionally, without selfish intent, without concern for personal gain.
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unselfish
perfect
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Erin McCarthy |
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4b72973
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Me? I'm being ridiculous? You're the one flirting for your thesis. What the hell kind of degree is that anyway? A doctorate of dick tease?
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insult
thesis
tease
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Erin McCarthy |
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913698f
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He's a pig and I don't allow livestock in the house.
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pig
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Erin McCarthy |
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70e7351
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But the truth is, I want to be some woman's work boots, not her high heels." "Work boots?" What was sexy about that? And did women have work boots? "Yeah. You know, the boots she pulls out when she wants to get down and dirty, hiking or gardening or boating or painting the kitchen. The ones she relies on and trusts and lives her life hard and good and on her terms in. Her favorites."
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relationship
work-boots
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Erin McCarthy |
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8d40b9c
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Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith in the rest.
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relationships
faith
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Erin McCarthy |
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5d626d0
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Why?" she whispered. "Why should I dance with you?" "Because I love you. Because I love you so much I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make it go differently this time."... "Because we should be a married couple, because I never wanted to not be married to you. Because all these men out here dancing with their wives can't possibly love them as much as I love you. Because for me, there is only one woman, and I'm sorry to break it to you,..
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love
wives
wife
husband
husbands
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Erin McCarthy |
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286464a
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Seamus: "I was wondering if you would like to go get some coffee" Cara: "Well that depends ... do you like to take long walks?" Seamus: "Yes" Cara: "Do you like sex?" Seamus: "Yeees" Cara: "Then take a f***ing hike and leave me the hell alone."
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sex
kiss-off
pick-up-line
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Erin McCarthy |
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ff3fe51
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You need to decide whether you're willing to risk being hurt, plain and simple. You can go for it and have a wonderful relationship. Or you might go for it and crash and burn brilliantly. It's up to you if you want to take that risk, up to you if it's worth it or not.
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risk
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Erin McCarthy |
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06f0163
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Our relationship felt like a Christmas gift that you hadn't asked for and weren't expecting to receive, but the minute you saw it, you knew it was perfect for you.
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Erin McCarthy |
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6594fcb
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Literature wasn't intended to be about perfect people, it was about flaws, very real and very deep human flaws.
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Erin McCarthy |
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9da8278
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I am successful because of my brains and my guts, put together, and I don't need some fancy-ass degree from a bunch of sweater-vest-wearing pricks who haven't gotten laid since Bush Senior was president... Do you know who studies sociology? People who would rather observe life than live it.
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intelligence
guts
brains
sociology
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Erin McCarthy |
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543f89c
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Because that was what we all did--we searched for labels for people until we found one we thought might fit, and then we sighed in relief that we had placed them.
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Erin McCarthy |
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7aa9046
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Life is like waiting in line at the grocery store. You wait, you slowly move forward, you pay the price, then you exit unsatisfied and broke.
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Erin McCarthy |
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f443fbf
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Her bun was baking, but her bloody heart was breaking.
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pregnancy
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Erin McCarthy |
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f79ff29
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Alexis grabbed his arm. "Tom Jones? Wow, I totally love Tom Jones. He's like quintessential Vegas--over the top and indecent fun. Let me just go grab a pair of underwear to throw at him and we'll be all set." Over his undead body. If anyone was getting her underwear tossed in his face, it was going to be him. "I don't think so, Ball Buster. You're not giving your panties to an old man." "Oh, and you're so young, Garlic?"
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humor
tom-jones
pet-names
underwear
vegas
nicknames
insults
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Erin McCarthy |
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0e96779
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And the thing is, we can't fail. We've already hit the bottom and come out of it. From here on out, if we just love and listen, we can't go wrong, babe.
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success
love
listen
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Erin McCarthy |
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903e338
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Promise me if I don't make you happy, you'll toss me aside, no matter how much pressure I put on you. Because even though I can be selfish, all I really want is for you to be happy.
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Erin McCarthy |
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1705a68
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I was born without the flirt gene. It's truly awful for me." That was no exaggeration. " I mean, look at how I screwed up last night with Ty. He was flirting and tossing off sexual innuendos, and I just looked at him and said I would not have anal sex with him." "You what?" Suzanne shrieked so loud that Imogen saw half a dozen other fitness patrons swivel their heads to look at them. "Did he ask you to? At the party?" "No, of course not." W..
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Erin McCarthy |
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168b084
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Once upon a time she had liked to dance. When she had been about the same age as the little brunette out there who kept lifting her dress up over her head. Now that was living. Just lift your dress if you wanted to get down and don't worry what anyone thought.
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dance
living
humor
inspirational
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Erin McCarthy |
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13814aa
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Can I get you anything? A drink? A fresh change of clothes? A membership card to Hypocrites International?
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humor
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Erin McCarthy |
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ba9b7b6
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I want to be IMPORTANT to you. Special. He shook his head and gave a soft laugh. Do You know how stupid I feel saying that? I think my balls just dropped to the floor.
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Erin McCarthy |
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cb4f69d
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I mean, it's okay if you're the one with the low sex drive. We'll just have to adjust and learn to accommodate that.
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Erin McCarthy |
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cb87265
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Suzanne had totally forgotten about their court date since she'd been a little busy having tons of condom-free sex with Ryder, planning Nikki's wedding, and forming a placenta.
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sex
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Erin McCarthy |
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08a0b07
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Though Trish and her bad boy types weren't exactly Kindra's style, she had to agree that Violet went for quiet and uninteresting. Sort of like mild salsa. Why even bother? You'd be better off just biting a tomato.
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romance
girltalk
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Erin McCarthy |
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18e6c1f
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He was really having a hard time with this. He was not a seductive kind of guy, and if he tried to be sexy, he was going to sound like Romeo, the porn version.
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romeo
seductive
sexy
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Erin McCarthy |
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4332c07
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But there was something about Diesel... it started with his name and ended with his butt.
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Erin McCarthy |
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d4bb2ea
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It was like watching two unicorns fucking," he told her. "All glitter and jizz."
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Erin McCarthy |
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598c85a
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Diesel better have a big dick, that's all she was saying.
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man
dick
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Erin McCarthy |
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9b7f463
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If this were a musical, this would signal the start of a dance number. Angry girls sexy danse in unison around the bull pen. Men stride up and grab a partner to a choreographed tango." Nolan held his hand out. "Give me your man card. You have never sounded more like a girl than right now."
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Erin McCarthy |
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da88a7e
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He was willing to pay her to hang around his house and paint Piper's fingernails? It sounded as easy as Britney Spears.
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britney-spears
job
easy
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Erin McCarthy |
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38f3575
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Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit..." Suzanne" --
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Erin McCarthy |
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238d1fa
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Then he was forming letters again, one at a time on her back, while Laurel clung to him, full of heart and body, still joined to him intimately. Wanting his words, needing them, moved profoundly by them. I love you. One letter after the other, until they were all there, telling her everything she needed to know here in the dark.
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russ
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Erin McCarthy |
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fbeba2a
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I still wasn't convinced that tossing a shoe didn't mean you harbored an anger-management problem, but I did understand love now. How it wrapped around you and made you more aware of the prickles on your skin, the roots of your hair, the intensity of every touch and every inch of you. It was like life on hi-def. Everything was sharper.
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Erin McCarthy |
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00bd066
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When she quieted the jet engine buzz of worries assaulting her brain, when she stopped thinking altogether and just felt, she knew this was right. Feeling the silence of peace and conviction was so foreign to her she wasn't even sure what to do with it.
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inspirational
mccarthy
feeling
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Erin McCarthy |
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8270308
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Angel?" he whispered in the dark. "Yes?" "What does it feel like to love someone?" A lump caught in my throat and I lightly ran my fingers down his bare arm. "It feels like this." "That's what I thought." -Erin McCarthy/The Coming Dark"
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swoony
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Erin McCarthy |
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8e43a24
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Imogen looked at Ty, at the one man who could halt her stone-cold logic and make her just feel.... She needed that, to be caught off guard, to learn to trust her first gut reaction to her emotions. There had been no hesitation on her part - he had asked and her heart had sung out a big fat yes.
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Erin McCarthy |
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459d207
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A friend is by definition an unpaid therapist.
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Erin McCarthy |