When she stepped back, he took her hand.

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He took her hand and swung it.

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Francis met the three women as they celebrated a college graduation at a the Supper Club in Hollywood on Jan. 29, 2011, took one of them by the hand as he left and took her to his limo, and the other two followed thinking Francis was giving them a ride to their car, prosecutors said.

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She knew how ridiculous that was, and she wanted to shrug it off, to stop being such a fool and maybe Harley sensed that, because he touched her, his hand alighting on her coat sleeve and lingering for a moment before he took it away.

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