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The Story of Rolneck

The starse used her in other cities where she wasn't known. Reports that caused trouble for them opened up the possibility of harassment or prison rolneck would meet her in hotel rooms or private apartments. He often brought a bottle and would badger her to drink with him. She usually refused, until one evening she was sent to a poetry reading at an apartment in leipzig,. The poets were goodp and she felt shitty enough about reporting on them that when rolneck was debriefing her, she said yes to the offer of a glass. Later on, when everything was blurry, she let him take her to the bedroom and do what he wanted. By this point,

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