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Lies We Tell 4

Some habits can’t be broken, and Corey’s hyperalert for weeks, long after he leaves a message for his friends that everything seems fine on his end. He goes back to his careful habits. Power carefully contained behind his teeth, deployed delicately, strategically, never for the pleasure of it—

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