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Can someone please help me use correct punctuation in this sentence. It is pretty simple but I want to make sure that it's correct because it goes in my personal statement.
"Her reason for this cruel behavior: I had not bought the exact brand of glue she had asked us to buy."
Is the colon correctly used or do I have to use a semi-colon?
Punctuation Help 
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