The cake had a trick candle that wouldn't go out, so I didn't get my w…

Janet Fitch
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The cake had a trick candle that wouldn't go out, so I didn't get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this, that my life could be a party just for me. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press
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