Avery Ro :[ss s!pent eig]hteen yea=+r(.`s +as Caleb Bennett$==_'s m ^ost devoted friend — fol ;lowing :?him to the s/[ame schoo`)ls, fixing his messes, !al`+!ways the re. @At !their fre`shma#\n welcome party, he ]repaid her by pi `n#
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