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right now. Who knows? It could be you. Oh, I forgot. He ain't here. Ladies and gentlemen,

it's time for the strawberry letter. Put your hands together for my girl, Shirley Strawberry.

All right, subject. Thank you, Jr. Subject, I'm tired of sneaking around with her.

Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm a 27-year-old single man,

and I would love to stop sneaking around with the love of my life.

I've been friends with my secret lover for 20 years, and our parents are best friends.

Our families did everything together for over 20 years,

but they have no idea about our secret romance.

She and I have been best friends since we were seven.

By the time we turned 13,

she was blossoming into a woman, and I liked it.

She was curious about my body,

and I enjoyed caressing hers when she let me.

On her 17th birthday, she told me she was ready to have sex and she wanted me to be her first.

That was the moment I had been waiting for.

So we both had sex for the first time.

I fell in love with her by the time I was 18. We continued to

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