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“You know," she says, still staring out the window, "I'm not afraid to date. I choose not to." "I know. I'm sorry." "Not everything is about my leg. Does it factor in? Yeah, in ways you and Mae and Jules will never understand, and that's fine. But it's not the reason," she says. Believe it or not, I'm good on my own." "I believe it." "If I come home to dishes in the sink, they're my dishes. I watch TV, it's whatever I want. I go wherever I want, do whatever I want. I've got a lot going on. I'm not some lonely sad sack out there. I've got a good life.”

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