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“Gli altri scoppiarono a ridere. Hayden scrollò le spalle, reprimendo ogni traccia di fastidio. […] Forse sarebbe stato più complicato se non fosse riuscito a passare per etero ma, sicuro come la morte, non avrebbe rimproverato i ragazzi per parole prive di importanza. Tutti i suoi amici erano pompieri o poliziotti. Lui era l’unico gay e loro lo accettavano.”

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