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ain?" I

putting her arms over her chest. Her numerous

m twenty-five years old. That

uit causing controversies an

our family's

family so we can give the next generati

ing more to complain about. "So you're expecting me to meet someone today, fall in love with them, marry, and have

ou. Since you were five years old, Cecil's daughter req

longer practiced in the United States. The year is 2015, n

r fortune, wealthy families marry into other wealthy families. It's what our forefathers

th her. "I'm just not intere

ed you twenty-five years of liberty. I've provided you with everything you've ever de

were like the new Hiltons. What was it that was botheri

is situation. If you don't calm dow

bile are mines. You can't

ivers down my spine. "Do you th

he was. I sprang from the couch, my hand over m

u waiting fo

d time to think. You can't simply go

Mateo. That is something you

that my fingernails dug into the flesh of my palm. I cautioned

re of where it

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want you to gi

icted. "One year?

ak about marriage. You can't expect me to meet someone and marry her on the spur o

to my plan, I'd have had more time to figure out what to do about the request she

er, you must bring the girl of your choice before me, and I will determine whether

. Conditions were always present. "Fin

u are free to keep your automobile. Make certain that y

I saw her turn on her he

arriage? I was delighted with how I was spending my life—satisfactory and alone. I had no desire for a r

t be too difficult. I didn’t lack the physical attractiveness to persuade someone to do it. I knew I was an excellent

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her, and then pretend I was too distraught to go on. That way, I wouldn't be compelled to marry a stranger and could remain single until

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