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Oh, well, I know that Libby." He rolls his eyes. "I've never met anyone more committed to, well, life that you are."" Really?" I swallow rather hard. "Even though I keep on screwing my life up?"" Sweetheart, precisely because you keep screwing your life up! I mean look at you. You had the crappiest career eve in the world before you turned everything around and became this shit-hot jewellery designer. You set your head on fire with a cigarette and ended up being utterly adored by the guy who had to put you out.. And I do adore you, by the way, " he adds, in a nonchalant sort of way, "in case you ever had wondered. Oh, and then there's your love of life. Loads of girls would have just sunk..Lucy Holliday
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His eyes go wide while a gasp of wonder passes his lips. He turns his body fully toward us. His lips moving like a fish out of water, gasping for breath. He gives his head a shake and stutters out, “Mer–mermaids. There are fish with women’s bodies or–women with fish bodies sitting upon the rocks. I–I never knew...A.R. Von