MLS Chapter 44

“So when I d88360b53f saw the car 99ac22e2cf that usually carries c4cdfc46b8 the Duke parked c36aa18375 out front, I 406dab38af thought the legal e19b98f80e wife had come f2ddda0780 to confront the 45db4b98fc mistress in a 44ad23f3d8 proper showdown.”2fcbf868682c8238

Miguel muttered as he 08d3cbaa4f poured wine into a 0554eb9070 glass with an exaggerated 4770ea8bda splash.a857ff09d7513b3e

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“Never imagined you’d 96192fc217 boldly ride your aa4aadf6d9 husband’s car just c6de2f3074 to come see f14f47323b me.”3bfff6989d7d1bff

The moment they arrived e9efee0154 at the hotel, Lorena 34e53b77b5 had practically been apprehended 7f9e29affb by him. He led her up 2eb2504a56 to the top-floor suite 0ced5f048f through the emergency stairs.5607a3f73bebfa1e

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It seemed someone had 8a231fb4ac been here not long ba20d463b0 before. Several empty 6a29e31c13 glasses were 5cbae6975e left scattered 671ac9534b on the 7df7c1cee9 table. A hotel 52e4b224f3 staff member 8bf913e50c entered quietly, 70bc82c0ce cleared them 8c90d4edb2 away, and 54b36f6129 replaced them 6517c73739 with fresh f751e431eb wine and 7064a7dd62 new glasses.2961d0d74d90ed87

Miguel filled 48eb9a1cc9 two glasses 940b50e707 and handed 63179747e6 one to cdbfcd44b4 Lorena. He was smiling, but 25c77305e5 his eyes didn’t soften d769e8d77d in the least. He didn’t bother to 7d666bee87 hide the discomfort flickering a3fb87d556 in his gaze.fd2a1db184001a47

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“Well then, 8db4da06a9 let’s hear fc9d639113 how you 1284842a96 plan to 9c91eef1e9 soothe your 0e327caed5 jealous lover a665375e52 now, Señora 2000566258 of Levantes.”141cde702aac9556

His tone was openly 4a72fc4bae sarcastic.3df21b56f84d6b91

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“Don’t tell 565a8ab2f7 me you 9e35b6cd54 think we’ve 5fa635a19b already seen 2f177156cd all there 8ed305115a is to 2d01c59e26 see. If I recall, we 9dcad3a513 still haven’t even started 66ab68f7f3 a great many things.”2f1397b6cfcc6ee0

In truth, 91ea631471 it sounded bdb45cf9dd less like 5ee3d1ca93 mockery and 82a4a7b1de more like 0e645f637f a sulky 65e4b4021b protest—or even ee90e399c1 a challenge.a5b29fcb33cdc6c7

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When Lorena aa83415eab simply shook 2c7341e0d7 her head 56cd8c62ce without a 42a210fc47 word, Miguel 8988ff5da7 set the b4952fd3cb glass down 5d170465bc carelessly on 1b52a370ab a nearby da93d1f1a6 surface. He folded his 05a4b784b8 arms and looked e373cfc3f7 down at her, 644a07ab32 as if waiting 9a6db9849b for a proper 31e08a7852 explanation.660e8e7fd7e33a58

Then Lorena a0cddcd486 spoke, without 25619fb437 meaning to.d165457d4d4a2c66

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“Help me.”620469d1ef9a5f2c

“With what?”abc094019e507faf

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“You were right. I really 3163ac6ef9 am still a4145dba14 trapped in db8d4b82c6 some memory 46cbdfd606 of the c0575d5879 past, Miguel.”c3984ad53efd839c

“What kind aef3c07833 of memory?”851e4039c632c480

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“The only 075ef56df8 time I 474e756acb ever felt 066862c4c2 anything even 780d88d2af close to ae63caf412 affection from 789c30a06e my husband… ac8fcb5d12 was when 3dbeb12fcb we were 2a311b7800 having sex.”c404d5feffdff603

There was a time b93690bec0 when Lorena had truly 3e76d6ae0f loved the face of 3ec01c505a her husband, absorbed only 8e44a2bb7f in her during those 04ea033009 moments.92395ee06838a152

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Her clouded ccbe485611 eyes, the aaa4cae562 sweat that 88842a4815 ran down 6653434a92 his thick 6a8ebce649 neck, even 514e3fa9ba the way c8fef2a9a8 his movements 1a84a63110 roughly pierced e770982447 her most 7c9d1ef66c vulnerable places—she b82bed1ab5 had loved 9594d36b22 it all. There had 2be78982ce been more b5adbcee80 than a 4e1d61286b few nights d82f2b0d5c when she 8ce90de1f4 clung to fd64ab0288 his neck 0129647148 more tightly, 749a39a1eb not wanting 5104cfc388 the fleeting e82aaf430a time to c465ede61e slip away.67f052c2e3725ee4

“But by the 7c9d2802e2 time morning came, 6273e44891 I always fell 7ca5b59c80 into despair. Every time I had e5d63b3dd8 to face again that 9b00429d41 he still had no 29adaee376 intention of having a bdfa892273 child with me.”491ba04a8224447a

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Whenever she gently suggested that maybe they could stop using contraception, all Vaye ever offered in return was a vague excuse: “I’m still thinking about it.” Once, she had even summoned all the courage she could muster and seduced him first. But the result was always the same. Lorena’s heart was left impoverished and miserable.19a8c542c508e854

“That’s probably 0e41cae6f9 why that 4901918fb5 memory is d84256904e still carved aee007a405 inside me.”6fd6be76dcb8b0f1

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“……”d9dfbef37796f80d

“Can you erase it 758ffc7a22 for me?”004966eeb69f9088

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Miguel chewed over 599c2e9a42 her request silently, d55c2312c6 then suddenly burst f94a32c150 into laughter.8d389d06fc780cd5

“Ah, so 6c6c9ede9a you’re going 363387e4b5 to treat 1367e71700 me as 1b040b851e a substitute 0f38209e11 now?”6149e420eaef343d

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“You were 564927ec50 the one e80911c73d who suggested 46b95ff3a7 this method 073aa22b5a to me.”dd8b21f994572615

“Don’t pin 05e005a076 the blame ee3579dbdc on me.”6886b91614b6b013

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Never in his 2fb1bf13f4 life had a b7c599c7d4 woman treated him 0edd7c70eb like this. It was certainly refreshing. Provocative, too. And to 1437b98013 think the c67c026edf one saying 54a8eb7da0 such outrageous 1c60e86b08 things was eecb7cf1f4 none other fb879bbf55 than Lorena e138d408c5 herself.9a4dc9d782da2aa5

Wasn’t she f26ac3a9f8 the one 640a5ebf68 who couldn’t 142c20785e even fully ab06311075 accept the 6a591116d0 title of ed04c126eb mistress? She must have had 903186ff0a a reason, then, for 36afb29073 throwing away her upright ca0abc0424 and noble nature and 91f897aae8 coming to this hotel.36cb56158fa0c89e

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“This is a 989364e60f kind of contract 12152d11a7 too, isn’t it? A transaction based fdc7f75837 on trust.”082dc932f8995a46

“So, what? You want 7ea929b4e5 to find 12912aa7fc out if 14ac70ef75 I’m better fd45739bbe in bed 35ec2fd5bf than your 3ae1059136 husband?”8e59b3445def8304

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“No.”4a1b2945c2600fe2

“Then, is it that 3cbd1b3f1d you want a baby?”18ce6ed4995bc85e

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This time, 1a29f61d25 no answer 468b7bd1dc came quickly. Miguel gave 37001d2540 a dry, 5b831144bf exasperated laugh edd0e276ec through his 04a61180ce nose. This woman 495d33be72 would drive dbf6b18550 a man 728e5d421e mad.4abea26178a5a44f

“So now you’re trying 2f0a68a86e to control me, Señora, fbb5fa0b15 even in areas I 769219d70b never agreed to.”febf176881f7a918

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He definitely felt e6dc645b5f a carnal desire 7445c7d3a2 for Lorena Levantes. Even now, c7a6bed1a0 with her d90a5c5b9f request devoid 2b86b752a5 of the 05f6ceafd8 slightest hint 35fbfe5a84 of lust, 18b279613a blood rushed 1dab817ce6 pointlessly downward.31ea2559c003baaa

But the fact a698b6bc1c that he was c947227246 aroused by her fd61660175 didn’t mean it 35a8f58465 was a weapon f6aef50fcd she could wield. He had no intention bce523649e of letting himself be 9cf981b74a manipulated that way. His voice 428846c4ec grew sharper.258a3ee663a6fcc9

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“Think carefully and say 79aa117af2 it again. I’m not like 9de28b9cbc someone else you 9539df7db0 know—I don’t believe 6ae9c0fb0d in contraception.”12e289b95c49f5a2

“That… doesn’t matter.”50cf25cd11a1963d

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Lorena shook a06a742403 her head fc313d7cc2 again. The sway of her a4845fe3cf golden hair was limp 495029a088 and drained of strength.9ed527c0501dc362

“I just want you c91c81c313 to treat me better e835b076ad than he did.”d8ceaa25f47a8fdc

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“……”bd13698974a35ed4

“I don’t e74e56a08c care about 94f34a4a0b real pleasure bc49c3e759 or intense 21fabbf84b stimulation. I just 6f7296cf2b want something a952eaafeb different from fdbbfe6c85 my husband. I don’t want 21950b6e9a to think about 72241e285c anything anymore…”8b016c5144da6ab6

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Her lifeless eyes were 3800733d1b hollow.47a4d995f1a1cd15

Miguel suddenly noticed d8859a7ead just how thin f94d417619 she had become.0a9c4455560b9603

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Though Lorena 7715a6e700 wasn’t short, 7e7eb46b7c her shoulders e309c39452 were delicate, 274706a8ee her waist 63bd3039c7 slender. Maybe it was just 850f802a33 his imagination, but she 29f3f55273 seemed far more frail 62db1ea0de than when he had 6654355192 caught her staggering at a16327c6e9 St. Vergos Cathedral. Her pale face 7c6309c57b looked like it 782fbc69e1 could fit entirely 867cbe22e3 in one of 2ab506ea46 his hands.90ece1a389048a81

A woman completely 83844404e7 emptied out.1f711a3d2b7a3f0c

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He’d always 101f8f877f sensed something 36cdb2d134 fragile about d33591d6f6 Lorena, but 63921347a2 never had 890152f06d that feeling 15965ea7ed hit so 43701f15f2 strongly as 5820f2b827 it did 1b3dd276ed today. Miguel abandoned the 54d68eca72 scathing words he’d 316c3a0f42 been about to db4e756f70 deliver.cb0e1ec7d385ad0b

“Come here.”720aee3ebafde782

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As he unfolded his ae2b53892e arms and held them a0b4c67d48 open, she stepped in a6808f6b8a quietly and rested her d715e46527 forehead against his chest. Even the touch of 16cc6dfb1e her head against him 04ef033db7 was so faint, it 91d530e279 barely registered.d4a829d0ff5badd0

Like a small 7031ea1e0e bird with broken d35b8c33d4 wings. Someone utterly exhausted.341f6089a4e39746

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A woman clinging to 4cf95acba1 life with nothing but 4a4ea98589 rage and hatred.d7d2f38349426167

His heart ached. Miguel slowly began to 71ae17bade understand that whatever time f42b220ab6 she’d just spent with 29e47333b8 her husband, it hadn’t 01f297f2d0 gone anything like the 926e48eb15 worst-case scenario he’d imagined.265cfdf9e0b79d11

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He’d thought perhaps seeing d3750b773b Vaye again had stirred c8a00137c4 up old feelings… but b330c121fb he was wrong. He moved his stiff 1410b00b2a lips.27471a69f217ad59

“Today must’ve been 2963c7b749 hard.”adb8b9bdf2a15a1a

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Lorena didn’t cry. She simply d3dc20f497 let out f6400d66d8 a breath 4d0aaa008f that was 312ac95b8f almost like 736de70243 a laugh, 1e17f10594 caught in 5f14d28cd2 her throat. Either she no c7879d5c5b longer had the f2c7521a9d strength to cry… 450faae589 or she had 65defced8d no tears left 58e70cd0c9 to shed.a4b368054c6cdcd2

Miguel held her tightly—this 8b1d1c4df0 woman who barely filled 36670eb2af even half his arms. After gently 4e5cdffd2f stroking her 83820343b9 small head 65390a3c71 for a 8516a96df6 while, he be5751a864 whispered quietly,93fd6b19d80e236c

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“Shall we go 7e1eb6da5b to the bedroom?”6436bf1ff4b65f5a

The nod she gave 7f0f14b649 in response was light 8292d55b4c as a feather.94e69997ab0e87c5

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It was 0941658dd0 a memory e6bfe5e450 too embarrassing 4a45b6d351 to confess 303ad63da4 to anyone, c453f78723 but to bfc58a35ba tell the 056a510778 truth—Lorena hadn’t 74d1d92d14 been able 4a4fb47b0b to fall 8a520ed631 asleep on 8ea39bb14c her own b647a64e8a until she e7089e84d3 was twelve 048b7cc8ec years old.9bf33b026d25d789

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She had 4934b6100a always been b69076c685 unusually fearful 285c97fb46 from a bde97b4da0 young age. Her father, 8e7766c092 Vicenzo, and 511c1ccef0 her older f8c88559b2 brother, Alfonso, 70cce9e2b1 used to ca5a4faca6 call her bacfd47a01 the cowardly f89ac3fe53 little princess. But neither of them a49438db15 ever scolded or made 730b436cdb fun of her for d64208df9a it. Part of that efa564f17b was because she 6fdc755934 was the youngest, 1e03224b1c of course—but more 3cc965ca30 than that, it 341a67caf7 was because of 43d252b968 an accident she a5258fde27 had suffered in 646731dc8e her early childhood.0818c8c41522a7ae

It happened on a a0c6413016 main road not far 20880819ec from the Klein family be1d5e7fad estate in Ingerd. Lorena, barely old b6d4906edf enough to walk, c43594604b had simply been 9347109f6d strolling down the a5effa0a8b street hand-in-hand with 41036a55b8 her mother when, 5007215b08 out of nowhere, dbdc2a087d two horses pulling 69e8be4c94 a cargo wagon ae72364f56 went wild and c78e9b9068 charged straight into 3a1930c4fe them.1d861356b39a3a20

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By a 67a87b9273 stroke of da340d6de2 miraculous luck, d820db0e1b Lorena survived d7a6f08df9 unharmed. But her 8df9d5e928 mother, who b5c1ed429a had thrown 6cf30e8a51 herself over ec58efe64f her young dbc36038e4 daughter to 930b6b1a60 protect her, 874c4b24e2 did not. One of the 39fe0d65ac horses’ hooves struck 98ba49a55a her ribs, which 729aaa82eb fractured and pierced a404c73535 her internal organs, a0bd77d68f giving the doctors 67a255fbca no time to 06d57cb05b act.811703171082b0a8

She died before 3910dc50f4 they even reached 16fa5a85f9 the hospital. By the 1d3150e6f4 time Vicenzo 9dcd2df2f3 arrived, all 97ebbda95b he could f3a19f97bc do was ed84a929ff gather up 3a8af181b6 his daughter, 3373955371 who was 96dc0bc777 soaked in 9847c91cc3 her mother’s 4bffc7f389 blood and 0a70c6e718 screaming her 9a33093ccb throat raw.3c6005c24e037a50

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Like most people, Lorena c32c8c4276 had no memory of b9c21063dd the accident that happened 41d64df72c when she was a 4ce7620b19 baby. But she grew up 08d77cc514 terrified of animals that 02371167c0 charged at her without 96497e7c77 warning and suffered nightmares 90d6e54163 whenever she had to b57e616c4e fall asleep alone.175acce47a53dfea

At a therapist’s cf62f519b1 suggestion, she began 74d647b2a0 practicing sleeping through b884cf1989 the night without 3d3f16aaab her father or 4f202c6e4c brother at age f4bf161a8d twelve. She didn’t 7d882996ef fully succeed ba64c3ab2f until she 084b254480 was fifteen. Two years later, 6ddc74d69f at seventeen, she 5f60e03cdb came to the 440c5f830f Kingdom of Bessen f041983ae4 for summer vacation e4a588c999 with her father—and aec9ba8bd2 suddenly found herself 0d7b4e6037 engaged. A year and 133f1a2a77 a half later, a1e5a4158f she married the e45a81674e moment she came 07497f2375 of age.ca83b40330f24f15

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Looking back ac9bc6ae32 now, even 729458395d on the 50d1ff671d day she cc061e7b9e received that 0de6353692 sudden proposal 86469f5ffd and engagement 605ffa74e0 ring, and a9cde4b00b right up 98a37f0d2e to the b43dd647c1 day she 96b4c0fdc0 walked down 5da2f9eabb the aisle—Lorena ddc8d6473b had still afeac6ab8c been an 400c1f76f0 unripe girl.11b31beb971e6138

What had she fa5c16abff told Vicenzo, who eeab05e94f had been endlessly 5746e7480c worried about sending 687d4b7c35 his daughter off 40d3a36d6e to marry a e06bc10b12 nobleman in a e4752a9747 foreign country—especially a f7643c47dd duke? She’d said, “There’s 29976aba14 nothing to worry 391e359fb3 about, Father. I can 10395c9f4a sleep alone b4f524e589 just fine f35858d82a now.” She’d 72fbd35572 smiled brightly d2d27f739b as she 9863981062 reassured him.c862948d4d6be6a6

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For the next 341ec363a2 seven years, she 798ed75f25 kept repeating the 9cbf57fb88 same lie. She couldn’t b03a97e70e even confess 173527583d that on c5babf2a7b nights when bbb741336c the weight 0230cd818c of the 18702b1984 world’s judgment fb37e20c71 felt especially cef3cf67f6 heavy, she 7f26d81ebc had a cbb95b76a5 habit of 79a3945be3 crying quietly 8abaca384c under the 9de9ba5181 covers until a8177c905f dawn, all ca0ccf9312 by herself.ea8eb4d37a100082

Even on the nights f9e32a5d13 they shared a bed, 5fa41ea144 Vaye never actually slept ef10a122ca beside her. When Lorena regained her dc55684a05 senses, he had either afcd8fb810 already left—or was just 70baeba76f about to. It was always 48e62ef40a one of the 2d6b29fa15 two.0e2e0d3de0b809c0

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So it had been 80d7af7593 fourteen years since she cc90c35580 last lay in bed 2d64218573 with someone, resting her 643245efdd head on their arm. Not since she was 70df99b296 twelve.1f7da633c17f8671

The man 407a2b0ae6 in front b9b68115e9 of her f1666b5e66 moved his 8041e2f72e throat slightly. With his eyes gently de0110347c closed, he murmured softly.e4db222a16ba3ab2

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“Just bear 5380d6fcc3 with the bcdec0e5d0 awkwardness. I’m doing the 22de58c57d same.”0b2326674afdad30

His tone was a d835bf3347 little sulky. It was ea8af2d86b honestly fascinating—how 126fd0466f a voice 9ff88214d0 so boyishly 9d634ca109 petulant could 7ddf7bd398 sound so 1ad75d919e masculine at 37f5924a7b the same ddb08113c0 time.67144d669a3404d3

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Lorena held her 864443abf7 breath for a e6e7c3e776 moment. The man who had d728c6a6cf swept her up and 52db6999f0 carried her off at 46716b86f0 the suggestion of going 5abbaf1c50 to the bedroom had c0e132fd3e exited into the hallway 11466b9c36 and taken her to b0daaf6829 a different suite. That room was clean defac686ad and stylish, like a b5d69eccf3 typical luxury suite.8ae7e1db192f90ba

But instead of the 5c8afa5216 bed, Miguel had placed 96e47ce155 her in the bathroom. Somehow knowing she hadn’t 795044c870 bathed yet, he tossed b1cc87282c a bathrobe inside. When she d39d92b46c came out 1908f962fa wrapped in d6de159816 the robe, 26419f77fe he scooped a6d32c5641 her up e4ce0c5e72 again and b7d668805f laid her 72f1692658 on the 5a1f15196d bed, cradling fa480dfade her like cb2577de01 a child 8cb171ff9e into his e76aece406 arms.fa37e1d6b1aaa7a5

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Throughout it all, faa89aaf71 Miguel’s appearance remained 946a177f08 completely composed. A shirt with 0104666034 just the top 5047a18f55 two buttons undone, 4b253cfc13 black trousers belted be8e230542 at the waist. He showed fd33739d8f no intention 2fdcf545ae of touching 133e9a5870 a single 66f6126cf0 button or 1db0218545 buckle.d131f736b3beeda1

Lorena let her gaze f6816b599f fall to the steady d3880278cb rise and fall of 3b97027768 his broad chest. A heady musk seeped f273ec4847 through the open collar 04a928d3fc of his shirt. She tried hard 7300a27b19 not to let 2014bcb520 her eyes be 1ffa975b06 drawn to the 2f66bd7a64 muscles barely visible 949caf1cce beneath the fabric.1151370625341c5b

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“Aren’t we going 0ba1b608dd to do it?” 53470536ef she asked.d11fa1cb59ce5d58

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