J. M. Roberts Quotes

I went down and as I was going down, I knew exactly what was going to happen. I was either going to be raped, robbed or murdered.

J. M. Roberts

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• Raped

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  J. M. Roberts
  • Murdered
  • Robbed
  • Raped