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Did she say why?" I asked. I was on the phone with Ally, one of my close friends, listening to her explain how our mutual friend had just canceled on Girls' Night In (replete with chick flicks and pear sangria). We hadn't seen her in two months. I had an idea on why she'd pulled the plug on us, but I wanted it confirmed. "You know why," Ally said, her voice practically dripping with venom. "Because of him!"...

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