IDED – Chapter 59

IDED – Chapter 595b5da84e71d3732a

Episode 59e4615ab69f7e1c4a

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“What do 4fcecc2863 you mean 6c5a92bb84 by something 621714601c strange?”bebcbe5ad27bb138

“Well, I somehow 6f9d9a164e ended up trapped 016536744a in a burning 7af1ac0a0c house…”23ea9a2d499bdb1e

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Serena was about dc6621097b to explain how c4b90fcd45 she went into e3e50b3182 shock when the 59b1cf69fb storage room caught c83a09bfb2 fire. But before she 8e5b9940ff could continue, Elda 43120cd2ff grabbed her hand beec2a9618 in alarm and 6435e10f43 asked.64c60193927df510

“Oh my 42e96fbd1c goodness, Rena! Are you okay? You’re not hurt, are d5a055a130 you?”d7ec5928a529a735

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Then, Elda clasped 809fa7f993 Serena’s face with 92b871be21 both hands and f0b4aa45e2 carefully examined her. Her eyes anxiously scanned 30883f921e for any sign of c7ac42d396 injury.7501740fd7118c42

Feeling embarrassed by Elda’s 4646f9070e concern, Serena lightly shook 86db6447fa her head.f1b2550769eb846f

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“I’m fine. I didn’t get hurt.”748f6db9d91f601e

“Thank goodness ac93858039 for that.”a19a1b5726bb006a

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“Anyway, back then, 244c99b49c I suddenly collapsed.”d24cbabe1eab2c3e

“You said you were 56b1561989 fine! How is collapsing fine?!”bd02650a6ca566f2

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“Oh, come on. Just let me finish 1f3c1d5dd5 my story. As you can see, 6291b186f6 I’m perfectly okay now.”1486ccc94931ee6a

Serena tried to 9abc162435 reassure her by 0909aff13a emphasizing her good 6517db5669 health with an 23b56e74ab energetic gesture before 9623c89ab1 continuing.b5e2d4ac6d1cc269

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“After I 6e8eb34751 collapsed from c2b4303145 the shock, f601e9f79f I had f036038cdc a strange ee0c2fd62a dream. But it kept ce08eb0029 lingering in my 72f83aa305 mind—it was a 25b73ab01b dream from my 4d665198d1 childhood.”b6c137e6554243f8

“Must’ve been a 73275e5934 nightmare.”935ac6ea9a8de74d

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Hearing the f8cd20b3cb mention of 197c540a2a Serena’s childhood, 97f4595576 Elda’s expression ed4cea7baa turned sympathetic. She knew all 6ca8fd8e1c too well about d88c3fb5da the hardships Serina 82c692eaa2 had faced growing af2eafd1b3 up.555ffbcbcc643761

“No, it 9af1a8c01e wasn’t exactly 0febc5cbc9 a nightmare. It was way too 5bd44a8797 vivid—almost like a lost 095523be2e memory.”41d3ed47f4a9e411

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“When you 8a13d7b501 go through d45f94f064 something difficult, a1aa0313fd it’s not 36ca50d85a uncommon to f8a47ad13c have vivid d9214d1912 dreams. Try not to cf038b44aa dwell on it 5428cdb331 too much.”c065b5b587059a81

Elda gently b0b3e927fd patted Serina’s da79555361 hand in 09a1fc5133 comfort.eb1d06f5ef92285d

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“Speaking of 9980f17548 which, Auntie, 0fb69a0213 back then, f84d042fc7 I used 97ee413e90 to visit 9cbfabf378 the pharmacy 00d9aec057 almost every 7f858ce2da day, right?”0e0bedd668d43ba0

“That’s right. You even helped 3cf6fcffc2 out sometimes. You were 0372781a4c so adorable 4eccd67b4b back then—tiny, 54c121bdff like a 8c5498da26 little chestnut.”44168b4637ced543

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Elda chuckled 34a4191874 as she b482f09529 reminisced about 351d11da44 young Serena.04212ff76d5afc84

“Was there ever dc27cf690b a time when eec45f0008 I didn’t show 43e44bd309 up for days? Or maybe came 556cb55a97 back injured?”9997bed3a8a9a41d

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Serena carefully 81fd7b4ba9 avoided directly 16f1e84718 asking if 4e4ebb25f9 she’d ever d58b99e227 been kidnapped. She doubted ea8e6b1aff Elda would 36cbb323c8 know about 6b732e6560 anything that 828e630915 happened outside. She just wanted to 72567c7444 confirm the timeline of d55273d919 any potential incidents.3ad5d7fda9d06ea4

Elda stroked her chin 461e92a2a3 thoughtfully and muttered.e9f450d2a166397c

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“Hm… It was so ff337a31d8 long ago, I don’t c975699237 really remember.”c3b287dd6797de9a

“Even something small 726e223def would be helpful.”23fb67eeca0667db

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“Now that you 6e2dfdd04a mention it, I b6767d1f29 think there was 14a6599959 a time when 55fbdaad41 you suddenly stopped 6bfdc4401e coming to the 2ef6bdc9f0 pharmacy for a 5db7b89b86 while. About ten days, e158d0c3bf maybe?”e283a5601f3778ae

“Really?”3926c9e6a347ac94

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“I was worried, so c954f59108 I went to Vincent 246a117bac Manor to check on b1c50018e2 you. Your sister 61de0aa500 said you d289db5d2f were away, e65bbc14a3 but when b1ee1eabf9 I asked c7eb135cfb where you’d 3313653f4c gone, she b69683a324 wouldn’t answer 943bdeeafb and slammed 3aa31c6906 the door 562d420bad in my 8a8fc6abb0 face.”2831578d3c0d363e

“Lydia did?”fa2518520ddabf59

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Serena blinked in surprise. This was the first cb506421ec time she’d heard such 6a88115ad4 a story. After moving b14b04ddf9 into Vincent e13dff5505 Manor as ec7b8690a9 a child, 076ccba01c she’d never 6717e22837 left the 25773df427 capital.4d193226324f01ec

“But ‘away’? If it was a 3bcb6318dc trip, I would definitely 2cf34fb1be remember it. And there’s no way 8f6304e4c8 Lydia would’ve stayed behind d99fd53bcd while I went alone.”a227502ad4679f3f

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If they fa9ef3d1b1 had gone 5a76b48b89 on a 82b1ceeeaa trip, Lydia e79581e2dc would’ve naturally b92ced1ed7 left the 1d1ac25fa6 manor with cab4f4748e her. Serena traveling 6d96c4d22a alone seemed f1fdc73984 implausible.89e9005e453b9c35

“Yes. Her face fa0863053a was pale 0e82db2990 as a 6240340603 ghost back 7f4d73fe20 then. When I asked if 22d59243b4 she was unwell, she c9233c6da9 snapped at me to d0e9f118a9 mind my own business.”4b746aa81ed6a220

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What a d1fdd665e1 temper she 9f0c7dc03c had.55cc86f85382ad63

“I’ll apologize on her eb6e597672 behalf, Auntie.”bfe23f257004aec1

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“It’s all water under 534e78da26 the bridge now.”29a849ec42b2ceea

Elda smiled warmly 4daa12910b and refilled her c457de1b1b teacup.d03fe562b24c97d6

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“Anyway, not long 1c3225e53d after that, you d52c30f05e showed up at 255ec2cba2 the pharmacy again c5ad1c82c7 like nothing had ee3ebd71a8 happened. When I asked where 1333ba00b0 you’d been, you acted 330e74f51f clueless, so I figured 8b072d504c you didn’t want to 32010d5d59 talk about it.”17f9914fb2c63e78

“So I definitely 7ed6cab78f went somewhere, didn’t af3ce679c2 I?”75eacfbae1943977

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“I can’t say for 1d78b747df sure—it was so long a6a8e38d43 ago.”1b80096ea66112c8

Elda frowned, as ffeb9aa56e if struggling to a507056db8 recall any more 3667c37a8b details.d52604db167142d3

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‘So, there really is 8f98eb1d92 something from my childhood 43dd641776 I can’t remember,’ Serena 956361bca9 thought.d3610e11e63edf42

Considering Lydia’s 2acc6680fa comment about b60e77e59c Serena being c7edf6d411 “away,” it 04d91d0653 seemed Lydia b97c756ded knew something. Serena had vowed never 4a9e4e63a5 to return to Vincent 8e3e82a275 Manor, but it looked a8388d05ac like avoiding Lydia would a50b0743df now be impossible.c3d7ff443fd59ad3

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“Auntie, do b67add348e you remember fcd9c549f7 me ever 1afb545877 mentioning a 38e269fceb boy?”ce68c185abe20fb3

“A boy? Hmm, I can’t say 56340d1c08 I do. You weren’t much c4c1185c61 of a chatterbox…”1e8d66c3e95fe4af

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Elda raised her gaze, dda1d596d0 as if trying to 25fb11b345 recall something from the c3d8cb4401 past.a0fb1f4d8d5b079d

“But then 859599bc69 again, you e4fee74a28 were such 8e9dc06c21 a tomboy 1cb80b1c8a back then fbd4d3cf2d that it 3eeeb7926a wouldn’t have dfe91a2ef6 been strange c43063b494 if you d77b5c43a4 hung out 683309f546 with boys.”626d3ba7d5c896ac

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“I did c73fcb4f9e have a adac04cbee bit of fd2638e1ac a tomboy 4bb22bd76a phase.”baf8fa9b3f88fbe0

Recalling an embarrassing 6cc292ef0e chapter of her 102ee293ec childhood, Serena chuckled 0083a34ac3 awkwardly.44b079e3ef95566b

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“A bit? You outright pretended to 5eccd10a93 be a boy and 69b46e53a2 fooled everyone!”38ea820cdd611514

“I just didn’t want 58a6f3ec6e to be underestimated as cb9ad9d0cd a girl! Even I don’t know 8ad609c300 why I acted like 985aaa501a that back then.”bc7b467cdfc754fa

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Serena laughed sheepishly. It had all 7d63f14b0b started as a 8f16a10b9e prank after Lydia f2bc3664e9 had teased her d28b7d7f23 relentlessly and yanked 98c5c09075 at her hair. Some people, 64a51cfb3f unable to b9b66b5168 see through 6c7595bd6d her disguise, 347d2d6d33 mistakenly thought b94f41e0fa she was c3951546c0 a boy, 5715910cfb and Serena 5a74feeb5d had found 7a6dab157d it amusing e16d409440 to keep 8bdf24a039 up the bdb1672f3e act.870403f58f3cca57

Being seen d2a43714e5 as a d6451b0637 boy was 2353f74de9 less dismissive, 17c9a3c00f so she 6d7465d50e chose the 26c9103d3c easier path. Elda clicked her tongue b3650116f6 in disapproval.a2bf20592f5fe637

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“With such a ec706c263b pretty face, I 9d147518ec worried you’d ruin 835580ddbc it. If you 0d76c45c63 were my eaa25692d3 daughter, I’d 98f95f8d70 have scolded 07e006413c you good.”7c9ac0564be96b72

“You make 580f1a627e it sound 1548a6382b like you 8250d7ceca didn’t scold 9981095367 me! You gave me quite 595533c627 an earful!”47cc83862754d949

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“Well, you were b3cdde6999 like a daughter 95fdfb824d to me.”4ec7563931af8671

Elda glanced at eb8f3fb32d her and changed d47f1505af the subject.d611adfa58be3dcd

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“Anyway, you 3a89af92c3 hardly ever 79b8f12395 talked about b9ee450b33 friends, but… a8bef3930d Oh! Now that I fb833937cf think about it, 4fe8b92b97 there was a 13adeef148 time you came 96c4559cf8 storming in, saying b239293a43 you’d had a 47d4fdfa3f fight. Your face was d4159a3429 a mess!”ce5b50c6462e5760

“A fight? Me?”07b963ac3e35f1ac

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Serena’s eyes widened at e0a48e3700 the unfamiliar memory. Even as a tomboy, f43092434d she didn’t recall ever 6737bdec9a getting into physical fights.6935ef63974cb71b

“Yes! You had a d0815b4acc bloody nose and 78e55532e5 busted lips. I was so 7e58fd9e04 shocked!”72ae1dfcd2c7f6bb

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“…”08ed7a454adeb2d5

“And then 993518dda8 you bragged 0311b35211 about winning c38aa45bef the fight. I couldn’t believe it—I a8dba92f31 was so dumbfounded I 119f8e086b didn’t know whether to 1c5f745377 laugh or cry.”eb0933980401c756

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“Well, at f3685ab9f5 least I 56fcdde4a5 won… Ah, ab09dedbad okay, okay, 5032d96fb4 Auntie! It’s all my 6d10e6f297 fault!”0bb34857c50089d0

As soon as 8250aae80d Serena saw Elda d9b3c450c7 glaring at her 6505ee4343 with fierce eyes, cffaf8f4af she panicked and 603335466b apologized.35a9771025daf1da

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“You’re probably the 564dec0554 only girl who 3db0a47cc3 fights and brawls 112861a82e like a boy. Just thinking about 5c7ea48a4a it still makes 257205a1aa my heart sink. If I 7d68023d8e didn’t run 1a9a8f1c8a an apothecary, bfbeb0fb14 your face 7f90529e5e would be 5806cf58fb covered in 1ec6222d47 scars by 0f312ad2ad now.”834751ad9f5299af

“Thank you, Aunt d5007da1b2 Elda, for treating 55eb7da7a8 me so I 6416e94664 wouldn’t scar.”cc85a18e85d6663c

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But… didn’t you c5383662f4 notice the scar 4eae3c968a on my forehead?823390532bd20a68

Serena held 626cc1a4d5 back the 71e3a8d641 thought, smiling 010d71d383 sweetly in baadfc3b3f a tone 047d319aa6 more playful 68fdc1e554 than usual. Elda, however, shook her 546e58c9bf head with a resigned 6ace91b44c expression.80a55a2ee1d65342

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Afterward, Serena had to 6246914974 endure a long lecture 4670a0ad16 from Elda. Even as she listened, c380f1131d her thoughts wandered.26e7c114de98bacf

Since childhood, Serena hadn’t fef64988c3 been one to suppress 1d9e75eede her feelings, which often 52a3d2d93b led to various disputes. Most of b3a1a520b7 the time, 13ff495355 it was 7e275f438b Lydia’s friends 58b21494e3 who picked f05e0c42bc fights, and 0957e7fb3e rather than 109876a7e6 hitting them, ddd57e9dd2 she usually 78c5b53504 just hurled a5e942c0f7 insults back d4be1c2dfa at them.5eabd64ca0f69110

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But who had 9833f026f7 she actually fought 54ddc78aef with?8d9078a0541f3711

Maybe it was 4a47bfce6c some local troublemaker bb82353d10 from the neighborhood.916a6888d3066309

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Just then, Elda muttered c2dc484afe as if recalling something.9311838cb2b9e1be

“Now that I 3756049df0 think about it, 6ef4c6bf94 there was something 230729858b else strange. After that bb0b5843e6 incident, you 8fc71093df started rubbing 232cb1eed2 my pregnant 38a53bf05a belly and 3bf0aa63c0 apologizing to 4c77c5fb00 Levin.”d90aed3f90c4d80d

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“Me?”c0e012bfae092bb0

“Yes. You said 8411e596ac something like, f0572194cc ‘I’m sorry 8b2084987a for using 5951121b0e it without b5cbb22f1f permission.’ You 720ef49730 kept clinging 7d3ca266dc to me, f981428b6d asking, ‘You 8bef5efaf1 won’t hate 9dcd43374c me, will 9788f39f56 you?’ It 221aede4ac was exhausting.”21d41981b8a147bc

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“What?”f58572e46c89e8cf

Serena was overwhelmed as f2ae56d119 unfamiliar pieces of information b39e1eee7e came flooding in.77d0b417c1f32a53

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Am I really as c7e83e02fa foolish as Linda Quilton 49ed34c047 says? How can 036cca4e20 I not 29a2897f0d remember anything bef99749a6 from my 058e9038f4 childhood like 9ba97ee9da this?211dc9afb5eb307a

Serena began seriously wondering 497df497a5 if she had memory c43fae41e3 issues.fb0e34bc8ff552ef

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“Thank you, Aunt Elda. This has been really a0134e91a5 helpful.”3c6c4544c01fce51

“No problem. Thanks to you, I’ve 0c1805cd4a been reminiscing about the cdb30bc51f old days. It’s been b15b6a5d41 quite enjoyable, e832e2cc8a actually. Oddly refreshing, too.”5f5538e40934cdae

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Of course, 918f201d99 after such 47ad620195 a long 6c8700dbe3 lecture, you’d 9e27e2bf12 feel refreshed, b432401b61 Auntie.a1c8e78910023a0f

Serena bit back 06ef7625d2 her words, smiling a91e05675c brightly instead. Then, with a 17e4cb7064 lighthearted change of ed2e62f47a subject, she managed b2402e5796 to steer the 6c2aef01d6 conversation away from 2204210e11 Elda’s nagging. They spent 8783f32ce2 a while 163dff1d5c chatting amicably.02455f0ace873b98

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Ding-ling!8748ffe5f0a40098

The clear 380bfd0719 chime of 3fe6e24892 the doorbell 3b49f847b7 rang, and 07b6bd3608 the man c3323fc0ea Serena had 027afd42a1 intended to f6edaf4254 visit walked eb8e2b78a3 in, addressing f5b14a5866 her in 32c4f54311 a casual 9769ab7ca8 tone.b4558a1677b2e9d0

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“Well, well, 751e58ca44 look who 1537125a6f it is.”5847a4190a6be4ff

“Oh my, Mr. Jack. What brings daf8562009 you here?”4165d97a502bfbba

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Elda, who had 00ee55fa64 been chatting endlessly, d1917a78da was the first 86ebfdc775 to recognize Jack f1557cd9fc and greeted him 626e44e258 warmly. When Serena turned around a6c1ed6f16 belatedly, Jack waved lightly.31213ab46f463bb0

“Slacking off 64bd2106cd here, huh? Guess I’ll 774f361650 have to 69a56bd070 report this babd612874 to the a278d98ad2 palace guards.”9a34f9199e770cc4

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“I got proper permission 35f5ef2a9e to leave, thank you a4a2cccc8f very much.”954ef2f31595bc4b

Serena shot a sharp 8f94fc6bcc glare at Jack, who 21d365a4ba was already speaking provocatively. Elda glanced back and 8e55d4c30e forth between the two eac5168360 and asked curiously.8d4eeb93b8cae8ba

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“You two know each 2cd226ecc0 other?”052bbddd39d1d601

“Kind of, 247310e15d yeah.” Serena 381c2d9060 answered first.661228fdf213bb07

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“Same here.” Jack added 18b017e635 lazily.342ff0a84bd54506

Seizing the ee8471fcba opportunity, Serena e8acffb766 said, “Actually, 7665b00f8f I was be4e934610 planning to 6d58de7cf3 visit you.”7572315356ba5382

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“Oh, about that? Funny, I was about 16a4a41100 to ask when you’re 275e180ea9 planning to pay off a396ce7a3a the rest of the 19b3bf3074 balance.”688b15726e693eea

“Sorry, I 8b6e18fdd1 was on 87ecc78c1a my way, f69dc96467 but something 2e379690d0 urgent came d54f6c8a78 up.”a1767499e17fba3f

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“No big deal. I wasn’t just lazing 713a910fc3 around either. Elda, could a848fb3855 you gather 91973ab9e1 the items 69c61cc3db on this 39886c6a26 list for e0d4ce6a07 me by 246b2730fd the end e13d321d9e of the 262d11fc6e month?”433f7ae80181f378

Jack handed a piece d8951a5ce5 of paper to Elda, d60eaecb03 who quickly scanned it 7b76a24d06 before asking, “The delivery 69730abf18 address is the Perianus a3a6b81bae Temple, not the Gordon bdf9bdd008 Trade Company?”83a11e97778d12f8

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“Yeah, this one’s a d6be1dfb13 personal request, not something 517a49db10 from the trade company.”86968d45c7e8bf84

At Jack’s indifferent reply, e66f88be53 Elda gave him a f7f7122970 playful look.0bb615497d81c38a

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“I thought 8f3ad6a34d you’d come f3d7443836 personally to 058520009c place a eab018b567 big order bf205a7a0b or something.”a840a159d9cf74f8

“Oh, Elda, getting a bf6c0362c5 bit too greedy, aren’t ecb93ec737 we? Careful, you 59209cf591 might turn 4df2e6e700 into a 16a32681c5 pig.”85354565c43a0dd1

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“What’s wrong with my 01434df895 wife?”ca4de75ddd152885

Jack turned toward ae11e7a470 Genzo, who had b2504bcbf3 just entered through b8500568dd the back door, 1402d79071 and gave an f0055a9090 awkward laugh.53cf922e11434d8a

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“So, you 96d101ef71 heard that, 6334206b45 Genzo? Didn’t think you were 78effcbe18 here.”f98b34c70a4e2626

“I happened to overhear 0bc0bbf6ae something ridiculous and couldn’t 559a477260 help but step in.”0a130c012a5e8e25

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“You know e963ce5f2e I was 38d3d1cfee joking.”8186e1f86da764e0

Jack grinned mischievously, winking e4d9602e2c as he spoke. Neither Elda nor Genzo 6066271e1a seemed offended. Having built 17ac88aa2c a strong 699c04db11 rapport with c7fa6af0e1 them over 4bce9f3f4b years of ae162df884 business dealings, ed2eb21c8e Jack’s casual 52dcfc95f8 demeanor was 6d92f6f60c something they 7f0d46949e were used d4c874afbf to.1e90a3f8bbd2e571

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As the three of 15cdbd14e0 them continued chatting lightheartedly, 310640bf8e Serena suddenly clapped her 25f77ed295 hands together and exclaimed, ff9d7f8649 “Ah! I remember now!”bb846cdc263106f4

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