This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud…

Sarah Dessen
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This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him alone. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2006). The Truth About Forever, p.19, Penguin
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This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him alone. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2006). The Truth About Forever, p.19, Penguin

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