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#@#§£†*=-. A Huge Bath House / Spa / Hotel / .-=*†£§#@#
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#@#§£†*=-. Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me. "You See .-=*†£§#@#
###§£†*=-. That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing .-=*†£§###
§†††*=.... Behind The Clothes Rack? Oof!" He'D ....=*†††§
#§†=...... Say. He Was Always Very Creepy About ......=†§#
#@#§£†*=-. This, Going For Girls My Age. .-=*†£§#@#
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§§£*=..... Girl He Called A "Mouse" By Buying Her .....=*£§§
@##§£†*=-. Shoes, But She Had Accepted Them Only .-=*†£§##@
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#§§§£†*=-. Was A Bit Bummed But Dropped It .-=*†£§§§#
#@#§£†*=-. Quickly. I Said Goodnight To Him And .-=*†£§#@#
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§§§§£†*=-. Green Marble. Throughout The House Ran .-=*†£§§§§
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##§§£†*=-. Was Placed Upright A Leaf From A Palm .-=*†£§§##
§£*--..... Tree Or Giant Fern. The Boulevard Was .....--*£§
#@#§£†*=-. Dimly Lit, Which Allowed The Pools That .-=*†£§#@#
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#££*=..... Vases. She Was Beautiful, And As I .....=*££#
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@#£***-... I Told Her To Follow, But She Didn'T ...-***£#@
#@#§£†*=-. Move Or Speak. So Instead I Said To .-=*†£§#@#
#§££†=.... Stay There, And Ran To Get Her A Better ....=†££§#
§££***=... Pair Of Shoes That She Would Actually ...=***££§
§§††*-.... Like. When I Returned, Having Spent ....-*††§§
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