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dress for a masquerade ball,”

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say we’ll manage?”

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taxi and set

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my home.”

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to do; pretend Italy is the best country even though we are America

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and a cute, sexy

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and smile.” She

took us

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nd told us to s

have some coffee

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me and told

e, baby girl?” Mario

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io laughed at her question a

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big room. The carp

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as he came out with a