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A Day Before the Wedding
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2021-10-22 20:40:13Saturday morning when Maan and Gil went back to Batangas. They went to the town of Taal to collect their clothes that they will wear for the wedding. They went directly to Maan’s home after. Maan kept her dress in her sister-in-law’s house because she didn't want Gil to see it before their wedding even if he kept on asking about it since they visited the boutique. She doesn’t know if he will approve of her choice once he sees it. That's why she kept it from him because she really wanted the dress. They busied themselves in cleaning their small house to make it livable. They ordered two sofa beds, a center table, dining table and four monoblock chairs, an electric fan, curtains,pillows and blankets online. They borrowed a water dispenser from her brother Marco’s house. Tuesday morning when they went to the market to buy the ingredients needed for the dishes that they will cook. Gil went back to Manila to fetch John and Angel. Chairman and Mark informed t
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