Papaya Lips and Padel Courts
Maya's lips still tasted like papaya from the smoothie she'd crushed at the food court—her mom's ridiculous attempt to get her to eat more fruit, as if papaya could fix her freshma...
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Maya's lips still tasted like papaya from the smoothie she'd crushed at the food court—her mom's ridiculous attempt to get her to eat more fruit, as if papaya could fix her freshma...
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