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¨¨,=^$$££# Shopping centre. Dad Was Constatly #££$$^=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=^$$££ Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me. "You See ££$$^=,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,=^$$ Behind The Clothes Rack? Oof!" He'D $$^=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^$ Say. He Was Always Very Creepy About $^=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^ This, Going For Girls My Age. ^=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, This Night He Had Just Tried To Woo A ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, Shoes, But She Had Accepted Them Only ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^ Was A Bit Bummed But Dropped It ^=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,=^$$ Went Looking For The Mouse. $$^=,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,=^$$££ The Building Was Enormous And Mazelike. ££$$^=,¨¨¨
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¨,=^$$££## Green Marble. Throughout The House Ran ##££$$^=,¨
¨¨,=^$$££# A Main Boulevard, Wide As A Street, #££$$^=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=^$$££ Framed With Clay Vases Dark As Obsidian ££$$^=,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,=^$$ Was Placed Upright A Leaf From A Palm $$^=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^$ Tree Or Giant Fern. The Boulevard Was $^=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^ Dimly Lit, Which Allowed The Pools That ^=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Patterns On The Marble. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^$ Following The Boulevard, Two Floors Up $^=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=^$$ I Found Her Crying Behind Two Fern $$^=,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,=^$$££ Approached, She Looked Up And Sniveled. ££$$^=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=^$$££# In The Nearest Vase She Had Stuffed #££$$^=,¨¨
¨,=^$$££## Both The Shoes. ##££$$^=,¨
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¨¨¨,=^$$££ I Told Her To Follow, But She Didn'T ££$$^=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=^$$£ Move Or Speak. So Instead I Said To £$$^=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=^$$ Stay There, And Ran To Get Her A Better $$^=,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= More Than I Could Really Afford, She =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, Was Visibly Impressed. I Tried To Sound ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= Freaky Dad, She Doesn'T Have Taste?" =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,=^$$££ Rooftop Walking Garden, Full Of Juniper ££$$^=,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,=^$$££ Off, But We Could Still See Our Way ££$$^=,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,=^$$ The Windows Of The Higher Floors. $$^=,¨¨¨¨¨
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