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2024-10-29 19:42:56After one month…
The place Amanda had bought with the money she saved, was a small house with a small cafeteria attached. She planned to start her own business and live quietly, with just a small business and nothing to worry about for the rest of her life.
“Good, this is a good place,” she smiled and looked around. The place had been renovated since the moment she bought it from an old couple. They wanted to retire and leave the place to their children, but their son and daughter had their own lives and, thus, they decided to sell the place. She was the lucky one to take on the opportunity to create her own paradise.
“Are you sure you will be able to manage, Amanda?”
Nat, her best friend looked around the place. He was the one that helped her find the place and also the one who had helped with her plans for so long.
They met in a coincidental situation. At least, for him. For her, it was totally on purpose. She knew
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