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The next day she was horrified she had done that, and I agreed to go on a second date.
Loving relationships can literally be a matter of life and death: Having a supportive relationship is more predictive of warding off mortality than quitting smoking or exercising, while a toxic relationship is more damaging than no relationship at all.
Some nights, when Shanley was done with him, he would make Austin walk down the dirt road in the dark to scout for police while Shanley drove his station wagon silently behind him, its lights off.