After some begging, Mom allowed me to visit Frankie in the hospital, and later, once Scary Gary was sent off to a special program for dangerous boys, I even snuck over to Frankie's house a few times.

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Still, Kern took Huckabee as his patient and laid out his program, which involves special protein shakes that wean you off food.

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