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2020-10-11 13:51:46Thursday April 02, 2020
Together…since she stayed in Manila almost everything that she does Gil was with her and she was happy about it. She only has two weeks left to be with him. She plans to visit her Uncle Art, Aunt Jean and Joan before she goes back to Batangas. If she’s going to give in to what she feels now what will happen after
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